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Tough times

by Milton Meltzer · 2007

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In 1931 Worcester, Massachusetts, Joey Singer, the teenaged son of Jewish immigrants, suffers with his family through the early part of the Great Depression, trying to finish high school, working a milk delivery route, marching on Washington, and eventually even becoming a hobo, all the while trying to figure out how to go to college and realize his dream of becoming a writer. Includes author's note about the Depression.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisMassachusettsMassachusettsMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 168 pages

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