The riverboat adventures
6 primary works
Book 1
In 1857 12-year-old Libby joins her father aboard the Christina and proves that she can be trusted to assist in the escape of a fugitive slave.
Book 2
In 1857, while helping to conceal a runaway slave on her father's Mississippi River steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby looks to God for support and hopes that her friend Caleb will let her join the Underground Railroad.
Book 3
In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, 12-year-old Libby continues to harbour the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from the local prison.
Book 4
Book 4 of The Riverboat Adventures. Jordan is asked to take a carpetbag full of money to Chicago, where it will help more fugitive slaves. When the bag is found full of counterfeit money, Libby and Caleb determine to help clear Jordan's name.
Book 5
Book 5 in The Riverboat Adventures series for middle-grade readers. Libby Norstad and her friends hope to return swindled money to its rightful owner, but when the swindler escapes jail, will Libby do the right thing -- or choose the easier way out?
Book 6
While steaming north with her father on the Christina, Libby tries to help a fellow passenger recover his treasured violin.