The Christmas promise

By Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Subjects: Father-daughter relationship, Christmas, Fathers and daughters, Historical fiction, Depressions, Christmas stories, Great Depression, 1929-1939, Fiction, Tramps, Juvenile fiction

Description: A young girl and her out-of-work father ride the rails looking for a place to call home, but with Christmas approaching and no job, Poppa leaves her in a foster home, promising to return as soon as he can.