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This is a unique middle grade adventure story about a pirate’s daughter, River, set in 1811-1812 on the Mississippi River. Author Bobbi Miller has created a colorful cast of characters during a fascinating time and place. “Uncivilized” River has a treasure map, a pet tiger, and a range of loyal friends and fearsome enemies. Undeterred by danger, she is determined to find adventure and take the reader along for the ride.


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Big River Daughter Bobbi Miller 9780823427529 Books Reviews

Oh my gosh! Don't miss this book! The richness of Bobbi Miller's language is matched by the excitement of the story. I often had to stop and read the words aloud to myself just to savor the rhythms of the author's unique voice. It's one of the few books worthy to share a shelf with our two other great river classics Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Bravo, Bobbi Miller! Will we meet River again for more adventures? I surely hope so.
"Da said, the river will always do right by us. But look where she took us. Look what happened to all them keelers. Look what happened to that town. That river, she ain't done right to no one."
"You think believing in something is easy, only for those times when life goes easy? Girl, believing in something when it's near impossible to do so, that's called faith. Your da, he had faith in you. And don't tell me you ain't put your da through some trying times. He didn't give up on you. Maybe the river didn't give up on you, either."

Young River Fillian is on the run after her father, a powerful river pirate, disappears during an earthquake so catastrophic it causes the Mississippi River to run backward. While trying to deal with her loss, River must also fight, with the help of her fellow river rats, to retain her father's territory and to find his buried treasure.

"It's life on the raggedy edge," with a cast of misbehaving characters, some from folklore and history and all led by a fiery red-headed girl and her rescued tiger. The skillful blend of storytelling, history and tall tale figures sweeps this tale along on River's heels so that you never want to let her out of your sight. "You'll be telling this story to your children and your children's children so I'll make it a good one." Bobbi Miller has done just that. Let's hope there is more to come of River Fillian's "possible imaginations." Who-op!

The author notes at the end give details about some of the characters, customs, events and language. These, along with a bibliography for those who wish to know more, are welcome addenda to the main story.
Filled with down-home humor, raucous hijinks, and one-of-a-kind characters, this historical novel captures the Mississippi River at a time when its denizens were as untamed as its waters.

Bobbi Miller is a story collector, a storyteller, and a writer who teaches writing. Exploring the American landscape and spinning tall tales are her passions. I simply adored this high-energy adventure with the added bonus of meeting actual historical characters, such as, Mike Fink and Annie Christmas. Great names, eh? Wonderful book.
Who-op! What a wild ride down the great Mississippi with a terrific new heroine- River Fillian. Her father is known as the River King but after a huge earthquake he goes missing and Little River must rely on her friends, her brains and her talent for knowing the river to get her out of a heap o' trouble. Famous historic figures like Mike Fink and the pirate Jean Laffite grace this tale along with a cast of every kind of character you can imagine. Written in true river slang, Big River's Daughter is a breathless cover to cover delight. I haven't enjoyed a tale like this and wanted the instant sequel since the tales of Jacky Faber, girl pirate. Bobbi Miller has a gift for channeling the mighty Mark Twain and anyone who enjoyed the exploits of Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer will fly through Big River's Daughter. Earthquakes, villains, pirates and arm-wrestling river queens will make you wish the book was longer. Did I mention there is a tiger!
Bobbi Miller's picture books have created an imaginative, fun-filled, tall-tale world for young children. Now comes a yarn certain to hook middle grade and young adult readers. From page one, BIG RIVER'S DAUGHTER picks you up and sets you down in the midst of the "muddiest, crookedest" Mississippi River of the early 1800s, complete with (as Miller explains in her end notes) language that "is a teetotaciously splendiferous reflection of a wild frontier life too big for mere words to capture."

River (the main character) has been brought up by her father as a "river rat," steering clear of civilization, loving life on the Mississip--a piece of unpredictable wilderness just as untamed as they are. They and the crew are at home here. But on the day the story begins, "Something's astir." The opening is based on a series of real earthquakes that shook the Mississippi River basin from 1811 until 1812. Miller plunges the reader into the awful reality of those quakes.

Despite devastating damage and loss, River is a survivor and goes on to have adventures that make us laugh, cower, hold our breath, and sigh with relief, often within the same chapter! After all, "that's how fast change comes on the big river."

And, oh yes, a tiger joins the list of fantabulous characters.

So, "get your wiggle on" and dive in to the Mississip with River and her gang. Who-op!

Note While this story will make you holler with laughter or feel like dancing a jig at times, please be advised that it does also contain violence not appropriate for younger readers.
I recommend this book to any one who is interested in American history or pirates or just wants a good book.
This is a unique middle grade adventure story about a pirate’s daughter, River, set in 1811-1812 on the Mississippi River. Author Bobbi Miller has created a colorful cast of characters during a fascinating time and place. “Uncivilized” River has a treasure map, a pet tiger, and a range of loyal friends and fearsome enemies. Undeterred by danger, she is determined to find adventure and take the reader along for the ride.