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The Levee

Michael McDowell (1983)

SubgenreSoft SF / Social SF
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
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SeriesBlackwater #2
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To spite her new daughter-in-law Elinor, Mary-Love Caskey throws her support into building a levee that will halt the course of Elinor's beloved Perdido River. Elinor knows that the river is a force to be reckoned with, and that its wrath can only be appeased with bloodshed.