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Desperate Journey

Jim Murphy

In the mid-1800s, with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything.

GenresRiver boatsFictionFamily lifeErie Canal (N.Y.)

278 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 2006 by Scholastic Press · ISBN 9780439078061

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3 editions

English

  • Desperate Journey · Scholastic Press · 2006 · ISBN 9780439078061 This page
  • Desperate Journey · Scholastic · 2006 · ISBN 9780545019712
  • Desperate Journey · Scholastic Press · 2006 · ISBN 9781428711396

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