The River Way Home: The Adventures of the Cowboy, the indian, & the Amazon Queen
Mary E. Dawson

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Location:  Between Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic Ocean in 1914
Reading level: Young Adult
Genre: Historical Fiction

A young Cracker who yearns to become a Florida cow hunter, a Seminole who sees his way of life disappearing, and an educated African-American girl from Baltimore lose their boat on Lake Okeechobee and are stranded in the wild and mysterious Florida Jungle. When outlaws block the only road back, they have to find a new way home. How will they survive? And who will they be when they get there?