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The storyteller's daughter The storyteller's daughter Jean Thesman Fifteen-year-old Quinn, the middle child in a Depression-era working class family, learns some secrets about her beloved father, who has always been a source of strength and optimism for his family, … OL114053W
The Babe & I The Babe & I David A. Adler While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth. OL121644W
The wizard's tide The wizard's tide Frederick Buechner An eleven-year-old boy describes the joys and sorrows of growing up in a dysfunctional family with a jobless alcoholic father during the hard times of the Depression. OL12932W
Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Mary Pope Osborne,Marcela Brovelli,Sal Murdocca Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another mission to rescue a beautiful magical creature, the unicorn. AC 44650. OL15131069W
Song of the trees Song of the trees Mildred D. Taylor During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man. OL15152518W
Leo and the Lesser Lion Leo and the Lesser Lion Sandra Forrester In Depression-era Alabama, twelve-year-old Mary Bayliss Pettigrew struggles to understand why her beloved older brother, Leo, died and whether she, miraculously, lived for some special purpose. OL16311703W
At season's end At season's end Eric Hendershot When Sal and her brother are suddenly orphaned during the Depression, the heartbroken teens load all their earthly possessions into the trunk of a travel-worn 1929 Buick and head out on the adventure… OL16509591W
Wonder show Wonder show Hannah Rodgers Barnaby "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step inside Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show, a menagerie of human curiosities and misfits guaranteed to astound and amaze! But perhaps the strangest act of Mosco'… OL16529190W
Bread Winner Bread Winner Arvella Whitmore When both her parents are unable to find work and pay the bills during the Great Depression, resourceful Sarah Ann Puckett saves the family from the poorhouse by selling her prizewinning homemade bre… OL1859948W
Dust for Dinner Dust for Dinner Ann Warren Turner Jake narrates the story of his family's life in the Oklahoma dust bowl and the journey from their ravaged farm to California during the Great Depression. OL186177W
Tales from the home place Tales from the home place Shelley Dale,Harriet Burandt Eight stories capture the life of twelve-year-old Irene Hutto, growing up on a cotton farm in Texas in the 1930s, based on the life of Harriet Burandt's mother. Life is one adventure after another f… OL19696233W
Give Dad My Best Give Dad My Best James Lincoln Collier During the depression a young boy tries to hold his family together until his father, an unemployed musician, finds work. OL2626192W
Goodbye, Walter Malinski Goodbye, Walter Malinski Helen Recorvits In 1934, even though life is hard for Wanda Malinski and her family, she enjoys school, good times with her best friend, and a special relationship with her older brother. OL2715520W
As far as Mill Springs As far as Mill Springs Patricia Pendergraft Tired of being bounced from one foster home to another during the Depression, twelve-year-old Robert embarks with his friend Abiah on a long journey to find his mother, hoping to reach her in time to… OL4083144W
Midnight in Lonesome Hollow Midnight in Lonesome Hollow Kathleen Ernst While staying with her Aunt Millie in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky in the summer of 1934, Kit tries to discover who is sabotaging a visiting folklore researcher. OL41764W
The least one The least one Borden Deal *The Least One* portrays a white sharecropping family during the Great Depression and is based on Borden Deal’s experiences growing up on a small farm in northeastern Mississippi. Deal portrays the r… OL4286219W
Cissy Funk Cissy Funk Taylor, Kim. Thirteen-year-old Cissy must discover what family means to her as she is caught in a struggle between her aunt and mother in Depression-era Colorado. OL5707469W
Who's Jim Hines? Who's Jim Hines? Jean Alicia Elster In 1935 Detroit, a twelve-year-old African American boy learns about the realities of racial injustice while working for his father's wood company during the Great Depression. OL5970721W
Meet Kit Meet Kit Valerie Tripp,Walter Rane When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit to make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness. OL67132W
Kit learns a lesson Kit learns a lesson Valerie Tripp In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression both at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job, and at school, where… OL67145W
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