The river between us

Description:

During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

subjects: United States in fiction,  Racially mixed people,  Fiction,  Family life in fiction,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Race relations,  Relaciones raciales,  Historia,  Familia,  Detective and mystery stories,  Family life,  Ficción juvenil,  History,  Social life and customs,  Family,  Illinois in fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Vida social y costumbres,  Race relations in fiction,  Racially mixed people in fiction,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Families,  Historical fiction,  Children's fiction,  Racially mixed people, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Race relations, fiction,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction

Places: Estados Unidos,  Illinois,  New Orleans (La.),  Nueva Orleans (Luisiana),  United States

Times: 1778-1865,  19th century,  Civil War, 1861-1865,  Guerra de Secesión, 1861-1865,  Siglo XIX