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Desperate Journey
By Murphy, Jim
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43907-806-1
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Gr 5-8 Maggie Haggerty lives and works on a boat on the Erie Canal with her mother, father, uncle, and younger brother. Set in 1848, this novel follows what happens when her father and uncle are arrested for assault. Her mother has been ill, so it falls to the 12-year-old to get their shipment to Buffalo in time to make their much-needed bonus so they wont lose th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
