The Misadventures of Maude March, Audrey Couloumbis
The Misadventures of Maude March, Audrey Couloumbis
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The Misadventures of Maude March

Author: Audrey Couloumbis

Narrator: Lee Adams

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/08/2006


Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Sallie March is a whip-smart tomboy and voracious reader of Western adventure novels. When she and her ladylike older sister Maude are orphaned for the second time, they decide to take matters into their own hands and escape their self-serving guardians for the wilds of the frontier and an adventure the likes of which Sallie has only read about. This time however, the wanted woman isn’t a villain out of a dime novel — it’s Sallie’s very own sister!

Narrated by the irrepressible Sallie, what follows is the rollicking, edge-of-your-seat story of what really happened out there on the range. Not the lies the papers printed, but the honest-to-goodness truth of how things went from bad to worse and how two very different sisters went from being orphans to being outlaws and lived to tell the tale!

Packed with memorable characters, rip-roaringly fast-paced action, and laugh-out-loud moments, The Misadventures of Maude March is Newbery Honor winner Audrey Couloumbis’s most unforgettable work yet.

Audrey Couloumbis’ first book for children, Getting Near to Baby, available on audio from Listening Library, won the Newbery Honor in 2000. She is also the author of Say Yes (2002), an IRA Children’s Book Award winner and Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book. Today she lives in upstate New York and Florida with her husband, Akila, and their dog, Phoebe. They have two grown children. You can visit Audrey’s Web site at: www.audreycouloumbis.com.

About The Author

Audrey Couloumbis was born in Illinois.  She currently lives in Queens, NY, and upstate NY with her husband.  This is her first children's book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooklyne E. on February 28, 2019

I listened to this book via the audio book from the library with my sister. I don't normally listen to audio books, but this one was great! I love the story of these two sisters, Sally March and Maude! I think that Maude is a very unique name! ;) I felt like the ages of these girls were off somehow.......more

Goodreads review by Stacy-ann on June 23, 2022

I listened to the audiobook and let me tell you... The narrator, Lee Adams, is a gem. This is a highly entertaining Western story told fr the POV of an 11-year-old. I do like that despite the very Western rootin tootin vibe with guns and horses and bank robberies, the main characters essentially wan......more

Goodreads review by Angie on September 14, 2016

Sallie March, our narrator, is an 11 year old tomboy living in what we know think of as "the Old West days". Her parents are both dead, victims of yellow fever, so she and her teen sister, Maude, have since been living with their matronly aunt, Ruthie. While running errands with Ruthie one day, the......more

Goodreads review by Christina on February 06, 2025

I've been meaning to read this book for years, ever since it was recommended to me by a friend. Finally got around to it. Nice middle grade historical, with some humor (but not nearly as funny as I somehow remembered her saying it was; I think I wanted it to be a girl-centric version of By the Great......more

Goodreads review by Hickory on June 27, 2022

I loved this book in elementary, and it still holds as a fun western starring two sisters. It's a children's book, good for very casual reading, appeals to tomboys. Two sisters, recently orphaned, run away from a prospect marriage in favor of freedom. They cut their hair and everything, one of the s......more

Awards

  • Arizona Young Readers Award
  • Fall Children's Book Sense Picks
  • Florida Sunshine State Book Award
  • Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • Kansas William White Award
  • National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA)
  • Washington Sasquatch Reading Program