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Hobo Jungle

by Dorothy Joan Harris · 2002

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During the Depression in 1939, ten-year-old Ellen misses her life before her father lost his job and her family had to move in with her grandfather in Vancouver, but when she meets a friendly homeless man who lives in the dangerous Hobo Jungle near the railroad tracks, her perspective on her own life changes.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of thispovertypovertyMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritish ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 72 pages

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