Title: When the river ran backward
Description: In the process of coping with a series of earthquakes which strike the frontier town of New Madrid in 1811 and 1812, fifteen-year-old Laurel discovers an unexpected romance.
Subjects: New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812, Juvenile fiction, Earthquakes, Fiction, Children's fiction, Earthquakes, fiction, Missouri, fiction
Places: New Madrid (Mo.), New Madrid, Missouri