“The River Between Us,” by Richard Peck is a historical novel set during the Civil War. It focuses on the relationship between a young teenage girl, her family, and two remarkable strangers who visit their small town.Fifteen-year-old Tilly Pruitt fears the approaching Civil War because her brother is determined to sign up and join the army. The Pruitt family lives in a small town on the Mississippi River. Their town is between the North and South, so half the boys in town are preparing to join the Confederacy, while the other half are eager to join the Union Army. In fact, there is a good chance that the boys will end up fighting each other if war reaches their small town.
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I loved the book, but it's criminal to do the book report!
Yeah, "The River Between Us" is a rather complicated book. Even I found it a little hard to describe in this review.
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This was a wonderful book and an easy read. It had a great story line and wonderful ending.
i have to do it for a school report so anybody can help
this book confuses me!
I thought the book was very good, but some of the subjects discussed in the book were not detailed enough.
it was hard to understand in the beginning
unfortunately this book didn't hold my son's interest and has assigned for a 9 weeks reading project.
I didn't enjoy this book, as it was slow, and sad.
This book is freakin hard 2 rite a essay on!!! i need help! wats the name of the boy in the begining of the story?
Man! I dont feel like reading it since its so boring in the beggining i dont even know wats going on! So Im suggesting for people to just look up a summary on it and right that for a report like me.
hmm this bok is hard and sad , but i liked it.
I have to write an essay on this book and write the essay about either tilly, mama, or delphine. i picked tilly because she is mostly in the book and it has more information about her. At least two pages. oy.
i have to read this book for school and i am so confused..... and i hate the book.... well the pages i read
this book sucks why do you read it????? It is stupid and that comes from a rich man son.
im doing it for project and its confusing!
Umm... what? i have read through chapter nine and i am still confused. report is due tomorrow... HELP
book report due Friday, on page 40, book is so hard to understand I dont want to read cause it makes no sense.
Book report due monday and I don't understand this book..... at all!!!!
This book was so bland and meh. It was just not too great. I hated all that 1916 "oh looky paw old people in the civil war" bull. It felt like a gimmick unnecessary to the plot line of the story. There was also that steamboat scene where Delphine calls Calinda "CoinCoin". How much pot did it take to make that name up, and was the steamboat even moving? I couldn't tell. It took ONE battle before Noah gets his arm blown off. Shouldn't he have died from the amputation? I wish he did die, making this bore-fest of a book book end early.
Sh*t I can't find the climax for this book
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