Underground River - Martha Conway
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I enjoyed this historical fiction about a young girl, May, who is blackmailed into helping runaways get across the Ohio River.  May works as a seamstress aboard a theater boat and is in the perfect situation to help the young women who want their babies get to the free state of Ohio.  But can May do this???  She is a young naive woman who is very prone to telling the truth.  Now she has a very BIG secret to keep from her fellow actors aboard the theater barge.

I was very nervous a couple of times for May as she is attempting to help the runaways.  Her life is in danger for doing so.     I gave it 4 stars.

Here is a portion of the review on GoodReads::

As May’s secrets become more tangled and harder to keep, the Floating Theatre readies for its biggest performance yet. May’s predicament could mean doom for all her friends on board, including her beloved Hugo, unless she can figure out a way to trap those who know her best.