Ellis River, Nicki Ehrlich
Ellis River, Nicki Ehrlich
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Ellis River

Author: Nicki Ehrlich

Narrator: Madeleine Norton

Unabridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2023

Synopsis

The Civil War scattered her family and now, along with her beloved horse, a young woman must travel across a war-torn country to collect what's left of her life.For fifteen-year-old Ellis Cady, life has gone quiet on her western Tennessee homestead. Her father and older brother left to sell horses to the army two years earlier and never returned. She watched her mother's health decline, finally succumbing to a broken heart. Her twin brother left in search of their father, and while he was gone neighbors moved out of their Quaker community, searching for peace ahead of the final sweep of war.Ellis is left with nothing but the company of the remaining horses and the letters and journals she continues to write, trying to make sense of a desolate world. A small band of soldiers rides through to claim the last of the herd, and hope for the return of life as she knew it, evaporates like the mist on the river.When the head-strong mare, Billie, returns, having escaped from the soldiers, Ellis takes it as a sign to leave. Disguised as a boy, for safety and comfort, she rides off to find her twin. Though war refuses to fade, Ellis stumbles upon an unlikely group of rescuers who teach her family is more than blood, and love has no limits.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Athena on September 30, 2023

I don’t normally read Civil War era historical fiction. The fact is that I read far too many history books and letter collections and just tend to find historical fiction too easy to nitpick. Ehrlich kept actual historical facts pretty vague, which overall made for a pleasant reading experience with......more

Goodreads review by Annette on September 27, 2022

I thought this book was really good. The civil war is close to being over but the soldiers still came and wanted her horses. Billie her favorite horse comes back the next day. Together they head out looking for her brother and father. Ellis is only 15 but she seems much older. It’s a descriptive bo......more

Goodreads review by Caro on September 28, 2022

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of Ellis River. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and give it five stars. Set during the Civil War, 15 year old Ellis finds herself all alone. She and her horse, Billie, set off on a journey to find her brothers and her father, who had left and......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on August 31, 2023

Elliss could tell the war was changing things but she never thought it would end everything she held dear. They were a part of the quaker community so she never thought losing her father and brothers was even an option during the war but when her father and older brother Wayne left to deliver a herd......more

Goodreads review by Beth on September 04, 2023

4.5⭐️ This was quite a beautiful and epic tale. We follow Ellis, a teen journeying alone through the aftermath of the Civil War, trying to find her way to safety and to figure out what’s next. She witnesses the devastation left on the land, the people, and the horses. All while dealing with her own t......more

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