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Available
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Publication
Yearling (2013), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 320 pages
Description
With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Awards
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book — 2014)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 2015)
Silver Birch Fiction Award (Nominee — Fiction — 2013)
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2014)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2014)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nominee — 2013)
CCBC Choices (2013)
Michigan Notable Books (2013)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2012)