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On a bright June day in 1965, a dozen girls -- classmates at a Blue Ridge women's college -- launch a ramshackle raft on a trip down the Mississippi. Thirty-five years later, four of the "girls" reunite to cruise the river again on a luxury steamboat and rediscover themselves
2) Flush
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
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Series
The Riverhaven years volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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"When wounded Irish-American riverboat captain Jeremiah Gant bursts into the rural Amish setting of Riverhaven, he brings chaos and conflict to the community- especially for young widow Rachel Brenneman. The unwelcome "outsider" needs a safe place to recuperate before continuing his secret role as an Underground Railroad conductor. Neither he nor Rachel is prepared for the forbidden love that threatens to endanger a mans mission, a womans heart, and...
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Water wheel novels volume 1
Language
English
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After her father, a prominent Natchez businessman, loses their fortune and home in 1850, Julienne Ashby aims to resuscitate their last possession - a dilapidated steamboat - to make a profit and restore the Ashby name along the mighty Mississippi. Desperate for help, Julienne hires Dallas Bronte, a captain whose drinking has scarred his reputation. The struggles they face are as challenging as the mutual feelings of love and hate they must sort out....
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Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the "Delta Jack," a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn't exactly been going Mason's way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley's willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back even threaten Mason s life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds...
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Series
Water wheel novels volume 2
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Life hasn't been easy for Jeanne Bettencourt, a widow approaching thirty and struggling to provide for her eight-year-old daughter. But hope arrives in the form of the Helena Rose, a steamboat she unexpectedly inherits from a distant, departed relative. Jeanne's father had captained a similar vessel and taught her how to pilot a steamer along the banks of Memphis. She's looking forward to a renewed livelihood on the mighty Mississippi.
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Series
Bloody Jack adventures volume 5
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
In 1806, the exploits of Jacky Faber continue as she heads west to avoid capture by the British and discovers adventure aboard a keelboat on the mighty Mississippi River.
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Series
Horrible Harry volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Room 3B just learned that Ida had an ancestor who sailed on the Titanic and lived to tell about it! Miss Mackle decides that she will take the class on a real riverboat trip. But has something gone wrong.
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English
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"Indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. All she wants is to live a quiet, humble life with her family as soon as her seven-year contract is over. However, when she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her, she seizes a sudden opportunity to escape-an impulse that leads Fanny to a group of enslaved people who are on their own dangerous quest for liberty. . . . Widower...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Omaha, Tom Calvert boards a riverboat to play high-stakes poker, but accusations of cheating cause some serious trouble, and a deadly gun battle ensues. Tom is injured and knows that his enemies will be looking for him, so he reluctantly accepts a bargain from young stowaway Asher. In exchange for Calvert teaching him gunslinging skills, Asher will guide them to a possibly mythical town of peace and plenty called Friendly Field. To get there, they...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1800s, with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Jon and Tania--who can see and communicate with ghosts--journey down the Mississippi River on an antique riverboat in search of ghosts, but the spirit of a pyromaniac, riverboat captain proves dangerous to the siblings and the crew.
13) The rawhider
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In April, 1862, the Civil War is just starting its second year of fighting. Riverboat owner and captain Bill Horn wanted to fight for the Union, but it was decided he could better serve his country by using the Western Star to ferry troops and supplies. Kay Graham, owner and pilot of the Queen, had been his biggest competitor for business on the river, but she too is now using her boat and skills for the Union. Jack Wade had always been a rival of...
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Language
English
Description
A story of life on the Mississippi River a few years before the War of 1812. Owen Naylor and Charlotte Dumaine, of Natchez-Under-the-Hill, are united in their effort to put steam power on the river. Their efforts are not appreciated by the keelboat men, who fight steam with fire, violence, and murder.
15) Jungle cruise
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Series
Publisher
Golden Book
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Climb aboard the Jungle Cruise and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime! Featuring terrifying tigers, mysterious ruins, and the eighth wonder of the world, readers can experience Disney Parks' world-famous Jungle Cruise attraction like never before in this new Little Golden Book. Available just in time for the Jungle Cruise live-action film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt, this book is perfect for Disney and Little Golden...
16) Riverboat ruse
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew investigates a theft which occurs when she is on a riverboat.
17) Man overboard!
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Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A World War II tale based on a true historical event follows the experiences of sixteen-year-old Scott and his friend, Adam, who while performing summer job duties on a ship on the St. Lawrence River discover that a German agent is on board.
18) The missing
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
After the devastation in France just as World War I, Sam Simoneaux went back to New Orleans eager for a normal life. But when a little girl disappears from a department store on his shift, he loses his job and soon joins her parents working on a steamboat plying the Mississippi. Sam comes to suspect that on the downriver journey someone had seen this magical child and arranged to steal her away, and this quest leads him not only into this raucous...
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Series
Maximilian P. Mouse time traveler volume 4
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Low on fuel, Maximilian's time machine lands him on a Mississippi riverboat where he meets a friendly southern bullfrog, collects an autograph from the author Samuel Clemens to add to his souvenirs, and gets enough fuel to continue his journey through history.