Emma Eileen Grove (Paperback)

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Product Description

Recording her postwar experiences in 1865, Emma of Vicksburg, Mississippi, relates how she and her siblings are orphaned and sent to live among faraway relatives, a journey during which they are surrounded by hostile Yankee soldiers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (April 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689803850
• ISBN-13: 978-0689803857
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,536,455 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!, June 11, 1998

By A Customer

What if a war tore your family apart and changed your life forever? What if your mother was dead and you didn't know whether your father was dead or alive? What if you had to journey far from your home, and during that journey were surrounded by the enemy? What if your older brother was always getting into fights with the enemy soldiers and you, just twelve years old, had to rely on yourself and take care of your little sister on your own? What if the riverboat you were travelling on suddenly blew up and you had to fight to keep yourself and your little sister alive? What if you suddenly had to take help from your enemies if you wanted to live to see the next day? In Emma Eileen Grove, Kathleen Duey gives a powerful answer to these questions. Read this book or your missing out on something great!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A girl escape the war torn south only to find more disaster., August 4, 2000

By	Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

When Emma, her older brother, and her younger sister left their home behind to seek refuge with their relatives in St. Louis, they thought they had left the worst of the destruction wrought by the Civil War behind. And they have. However, on board the Sultana, a paddle wheel boat headed up the Mississippi River, they find a new terror when the boat explodes and catches fire. Separated from their brother, Emma and her little sister must stay alive and find a way off the burning boat. An action-packed survival story filled with historical details.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, February 2, 1998

By A Customer

Emma's mother died of an illness during the Civil War, and Emma and her brother and sister havn't heard from their father, a Confederate soldier, in a long time. Emma, her brother, and sister take the steamboat Sultana north to St. Louis to live with relatives. But when a explosion occurs on board the Sultana, Emma must fight for survival - and is helped by the people she least expected help from.