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Chapter Book · Ages 10–+ · 1932
Swift Rivers
By Cornelia Meigs, Cornelia Meigs
An outcast teen braves winter and river dangers to change his fate.
3.7/5 Goodreads · 1,228 ratings
269 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Eighteen-year-old Chris, exiled by his uncle, faces a harsh Minnesota winter with his grandfather. Lured by tales of fortune, he risks everything to float logs down the Mississippi. Will the river's promise lead to prosperity or peril? As Chris navigates the treacherous waters, he encounters raft hands and river pilots, each with their own stories. Can he overcome the challenges and find his place in the world, or will the river sweep away his dreams?
From the publisher
Newbery Honor book Barred from his family home-stead by his mean-spirited uncle, eighteen-year-old Chris weathers a Minnesota winter in a small cabin with his grandfather. Poverty and the tempting stories of a wandering Easterner convince Chris to harvest the trees on his grandfather’s land and float the logs down the spring floodwaters of the Mississippi to the lumber mills in Saint Louis. Filled with stories of raft hands and river pilots, this fast-paced novel has all the momentum of the great Mississippi.
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At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 269
- Reading age
- 10–99+
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 1160L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 7
- F&P level
- ~Z+
- AR points
- 11
- AR interest level
- UG
- AR quiz
- 20306
Publication
- Published
- October 1, 2004
- First published
- September 1, 1932
- Publisher
- Walker,
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780802777034
- LCCN
- 2004061187
- OCLC
- 723945198
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