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    <body><![CDATA[Gr 4-8-It's 1849, and though 12-year-old Zeb would rather remain in their familiar log cabin with his six siblings, Pa places him onboard a steamship bound for St. Louis and Great-Uncle Seth's tannery to learn a trade. Feeling lonely and unhappy about the prospect of working &quot;with a bunch of sm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67306681">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Our hero, 12-year-old Zeb, is a Tom Sawyer-ish character who's sent far from his woodsy home to work for his Great Uncle in St. Louis. Only he never sees his uncle. Instead, he's recruited mid-trip by a gambler named Chilly who leads him down a path that just gets farther and farther from what Zeb w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70915506">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here was one of my free from Amazon to review books.<br/>First this is a book more for the PRE pre-teenagers and I am reviewing it more according to that reading level not entirely my preferances.   <br/>THis book refreshingly resonates the feel of Mark Twain in a way, but still has it's own life....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60153901">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Harmless cautionary tale about a greenhorn named Zeb who learns the ropes with a riverboat gambler/thief named &quot;Chilly&quot; in 1849 St. Louis.  The author is an obvious devotee of Twain's but &quot;Senator, I knew Mark Twain and you're no Mark Twain.&quot;<br/><br/>OK, maybe unfair.  Helgers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48252788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fabulously fun Mark Twain-esque story about a riverboat gambler and his new, albeit naive, apprentice.  Colorful characters and a rollickin' plot kept a smile on my face the whole way through.  Set in the late 1800's, on and along the Mississippi, 12 year old Zeb is sent on a Riverboat to Saint Loui...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73181064">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really didn't know what to expect when I started this book.  Little did I know that there was a rollicking adventure inside its covers!  The writing style reminds me strongly of Mark Twain, and the main character, Zeb, is highly reminiscent of Tom Sawyer.  Perhaps you could think of this book as w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68572624">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Strong start to this historical fiction, but pacing slowed down in the middle before picking up again near the end.  Large cast of characters, some of whom needed to be more developed to give plausibility to the tale.  Youngsters will relate to Zeb's trying to find his way, sort out his place in his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68539947">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was a surprise, but Helgerson tells a great story! The young protagonist, Zeb, is sent off to St. Louis to learn a trade, but on the riverboat, he teams up with a wild gambler. Zeb is authentically naive and earnest, and his initial excitement for this new life is only tempered slightly by ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70534869">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's 1849 and Zeb's father sends him to his great uncle to learn how the tanning trade.  On his way he meets a slick gambler; Zeb is so green he is easily tricked out of the $70 he's to give to uncle and follows this guy thinking he is going to be a gambler's apprentice.  <br/><br/>It's really fun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56509087">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[12 year old Zeb is apprenticed to his uncle, a tanner, by his parents.  But he decides it would be much more interesting to apprentice with a riverboat gambler.  But is he cut out for it?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book for middle school age kids to introduce life in the 1850's in St. Louis.  Lots of history woven into a novel.  Got a little long in the middle and picked up at the end.]]></body>
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