Genres
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (1999), Edition: 1st, 208 pages
Description
When her father kills himself after losing his money in the stock market crash, twelve-year-old Frances, now a penniless orphan, decides to hop aboard a freight train and live the life of a hobo.
Subjects
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2002)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2002)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2001)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2002)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2005)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (13th Edition: 1999-2001)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
208
Physical description
208 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0374355525 / 9780374355524
DDC/MDS
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