num_pages: 164
description: The year is 1861. Civil war is imminent and Tilly Pruitt's brother, Noah, is eager to go and fight on the side of the North. With her father long gone, Tilly, her sister, and their mother struggle to make ends meet and hold the dwindling Pruitt family together. Then one night a mysterious girl arrives on a steamboat bound for St. Louis. Delphine is unlike anyone the small river town has even seen. Mrs. Pruitt agrees to take Delphine and her dark, silent traveling companion in as boarders. No one in town knows what to make of the two strangers, and so the rumors fly. Is Delphine's companion a slave? Could they be spies for the South? Are the Pruitts traitors? A masterful tale of mystery and war, and a breathtaking portrait of the lifelong impact one person can have on another.
language: English
title: The River Between Us
titlecomplete: The River Between Us
genres: Historical, Teen, Childrens, Civil War, Young Adult, War, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Fiction, American Civil War
ratings_count: 4830
places: Grand Tower, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Puffin Books