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THE MISADVENTURES OF MAUDE MARCH Audrey Couloumbis Hardcover | Random House Books for Young Readers | September 2005 | $15.95 | 0-375-83245-9 | Ages 10-14 Hardcover Library Binding | Random House Books for Young Readers | September 2005 | $17.99 | 0-375-93245-3 | Ages 10-14

Talk about your bad luck. Orphans Sallie and Maude are shopping with their Aunt Ruthie at the local mercantile when a stray bullet from some cowboys messing around hits Aunt Ruthie and kills her immediately. Sallie and Maude don’t want to be at the mercy of the local reverend and his wife, who want the girls to be their own private babysitters. So they “borrow” a couple of horses, dress up like boys, and head west, hoping to find Aunt Ruthie’s long-lost brother, Arlen. It isn’t long before the man who accidentally shot Ruthie catches up to them and goes along for the ride. Unsure of what to make of him, the girls let him join, realizing it will be easier to pass as boys if they have an older man with them. One catastrophe after another occurs, leaving the girls to wonder if they’ll ever make it to Missouri in one piece.

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Middle School, Crowley, Texas

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