The River Between Us

The year is 1861, and Tilly Pruitt's life is about to change. Civil war is imminent and her brother, Noah is eager to go and fight on the side of the North. With her father long gone, Tilly, her sister, and her mother struggle to make ends meet and hold the dwindling Pruitt family together.

Then one night a mysterious girl arrives on a steamboat bound from St. Louis. Delphine is elegant and beautiful and outspoken and unlike anyone the small river town of Grand Tower has ever seen.
Mrs. Pruitt agrees to take Delphine and her dark, silent traveling companion in as boarders. No one in town knows how to make of the two strangers.

Characters in the story are really weird because the people in the village is always talking about rumors about the mysterious woman that visited their town and they thinks that the Pruitt family are spies for bringing Ms. Delphine and the mysterious lady in their house.

The title really relates to the story because the Mississipi river is a big part of the story, the main charater is always talking how her town depends on the river. The river also seperates her brother and the mysterious woman because they like each other.The theme revolves around surviving and the war in the book. One time in your life you are so happy and next you could be living in a barn.

This is one of the best books I have read in awhile. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good book to read. The last few chapters is awesome.

Written and published by: Jonathan De Leon