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Tracks

by Clayton Bess · 1986

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When eleven-year-old Blue Roan learns that his rail-riding brother is taking off for Los Angeles in pursuit of Brother Starr's twin daughters, he's determined not to be left behind. Clayton Bess plunges the reader into the world of the 1930s, chronicling the best and the worst of the people struggling to make it through the hard times.

Subject
traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Themes
brothersbrothersMore like thisLess of thismental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of thismusicmusicMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of thisAmerican WestAmerican WestMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 180 pages

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