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Jim the Boy

by Tony Earley · 2000

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Jim the Boy is a coming-of-age novel by Tony Earley, published by Little, Brown and Co. in 2000. It details a year in the life of Jim Glass, who lives, with his mother and three uncles, in the small fictional town of Aliceville, North Carolina in 1934 during the Great Depression.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNorth CarolinaNorth CarolinaMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thissmall townsmall townMore like thisLess of thisruralruralMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultadultchildrens
Length
medium · 256 pages

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