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(0)Tracey Porter
Author
Language
English
Description
Tracey Porter has been praised for this Dickensian tale, which some critics compare to Huck Finn both in style and substance. Billy Creekmore longs to escape the Guardian Angels Home for Boys, where his smarts cause him more trouble than anything. So when a long-lost uncle shows up to whisk Billy away to the West Virginia coal mines, he jumps at the chance. But his journey is just beginning-before long, Billy hitches a ride with a traveling circus....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
148 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Annie and her friend Violet tell of the hardships endured by their families when dust storms, drought, and the Great Depression hit rural Oklahoma.