The Misadventures of Maude March

By: Audrey Couloumbis

Narrated by: Lee Adams

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.

I’ve read and listened multiple times

I just love this story, the constant trouble they find. I just wish the second book was an audio book too.

I loved this book!

Would you listen to The Misadventures of Maude March again? Why?

Yes. I found this book through a search on Novelist Plus for upbeat, historical fiction. Although I am an adult, I read YA novels often and this is one of the best. The narration was wonderful too!

I would also recommend similar books on Audible:
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Fair Weather by Richard Peck

Any additional comments?

I wish more of Audrey Coulumbis' books were available as audiobooks.

A fun book to listen to.

This is my first Audrey Couloumbis book and I found it enjoyable. It sort of reminded me of Lee Harper's "To Kill A Mockingbird" as it is told by a perky 11 year old girl. The topic of course is very different. Maude and Sallie are orphaned again when a stray bullet kills their aunt Ruth. They are place with a preacher and family but are worked liked slaves and the preacher and his wife take all their belongings etc. from Aunt Ruth's house which the bank just foreclosed on. Sallie is 11 and Maude just turned 17 run away to find Aunt Ruth's brother Arlen Weeks who they think is in Independence, Mo. They have lots of adventures, fun, and dangerous encounters on their trip. The man who killed Aunt Ruth encounter them on the trail, after he escaped from jail. He stays with them a while as he feels responsible for making them orphans. The papers post photo of Maude saying she stole the preacher's horses now she is an outlaw. I will not give away the story but needless to say when told from the view point of a perky 11 year old girl who loves to read "dimers" books, and wants to learn as much as possible the book is most enjoyable. Lee Adams does an outstanding job narrating the book. This book makes a delightful change of pace from heavier reading. Hope Audible will provide more Couloumbis books.

Loved this book! Narration was great!

Loved the story line and the narrator’s accent made me want to listen more. Would love it if the sequel - Maude March on the Run - came out on Audible too, of course with the same narrator.