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At a glance

Published
2010
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Subgenre
Historical
Section
Young Adult

Three Rivers Rising

Jame Richards

A wealthy girl falls for a working-class boy in 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as the dam above the town fails.

  • YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
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Themes

First lovePoverty & classResilience & survival

Mood

Feels emotional, tense.

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