The River Between Us

By Richard Peck
Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle SchoolGenre: Fiction
Awards: Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Publisher: Dial 2003
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Peck masterfully describes the female Civil War experience, the subtle and not-too-subtle ways the country was changing, and the split in loyalty that separated towns and even families.