Rockbuster

By Gloria Skurzynski

Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept), Identity, Prejudices, Coal miners, Fiction, Labor unions, Industrial Workers of the World

Description: In 1915, after being asked to sing at the funeral of executed songwriter and member of the international union, Industrial Workers of the World, Joe Hill, eighteen-year-old Utah coal miner Tommy Quinlan begins to accept his past and make decisions about his future.