Hitch: A Riveting Young Adult Adventure of Survival and Self-Discovery During the Great Depression

Ingold, Jeanette

ISBN 10: 015205619X / ISBN 13: 9780152056193

Published by Clarion Books, 2006

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Seller Inventory # I-9780152056193

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hitch: A Riveting Young Adult Adventure of Survival and Self-Discovery During the Great Depression
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 015205619X
• ISBN 13: 9780152056193
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

• Christopher Award - "Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness"
• Society of School Librarians International Best Book

Historical fiction at its best! From the author of The Big Burn comes this captivating story of a boy striving to become a man amidst the hard times of the 1930s Great Depression. 

Teenager Moss Trawnley is on his own and desperate when he joins Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC means a job at a Montana camp and money for his family. Self-esteem and self-reliance. Friends and being a leader. A crash course in living with nature. And it means facing hard times and building something good. Includes reader's guide.

Double whammy. Good book. Good boy book. . .It's a coming-of-age novel worthy of your time. --Treasure Chest for Tweens

This is a must read book!! If you like realistic fiction then you should definitely read this novel. --East Meadow Public Library YA Book Log, review by a middle school student

An excellent piece of historical fiction which helps people today to appreciate events that took place in the past. Written with humor, pathos, and a keen understanding of the times. -Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

Great for boys. --YA Books Central

Felt like a well-done film where one can't help but root for the hero. Although intended for young adults, anyone will find Hitch a great read. --Historical Novel Society

• New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
• Texas Tayshas book list
• National Endowment for the Humanities/American Library Association We the People Bookshelf

About the Author

JEANETTE INGOLD is the author of award-winning historical fiction and contemporary stories for young adult and middle school readers.  Her realistic novels, read in schools and featured in One Book - One Community programs, include Hitch; Mountain Solo; The Big Burn; Pictures, 1918; Airfield; The Window; and Paper Daughter. Jeanette lives and writes in Montana.