Danger Along the Ohio by Patricia Willis

Grade:  4-8

Summary:  Traveling down the Ohio River in 1793, 13-year-old Amos, bold 12-year-old Clara and their younger brother, Jonathan are separated from their father during a brutal Indian attack. The three children are swept down the river, and must make their way back through the wilderness in the direction of the Marietta settlement, hoping to find their father there.

Along with Clara's pet cow, Queen Anne, the three children struggle to find enough food, to find their way through the thick forest, and to avoid the Shawnee Indians whom most white people of the time thought of as "savages."

Their plight becomes still more dramatic -- and dangerous -- when Amos rescues a wounded Indian boy from the river. Though the boy mistrusts them and his condition slows them down, Amos refuses to leave him behind to die. Now more than ever, it seems they'll never make it back to their father and to safety.

Book Details
 

Format: Hardcover

Condition :good; Ex-library book w/mylar dj and library markings on front endpage; some wear to corners of cover.

Publisher: Clarion Books

ISBN:9780395770443