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Article: The River Between Us.(Book review)
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- December 1, 2006
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THE RIVER BETWEEN US
by Richard Peck (New York. Puffin Books, 2003, www.us.penguingroup.com/). The brewing Civil War seems quite far away to teenager Tilly Pruitt, who lives in a remote part of Illinois in 1861. The tensions and complexities of the war, however, soon hit close to home, when her twin brother, Noah, enlists in the Union army and two mysterious young women come to town. When Tilly's mother offers refuge to Delphine and Calinda, the lives of ...
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