Bayard, Louis
Lucky strikes Louis Bayard - First edition. - New York Henry Holt and Company 2016 - 313 pages 22 cm
"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"-- With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister-- and the family gas station. To keep a competitor at bay and keep her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father-- fast. When a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity by its beard. Can she convince the town that Hiram is her long lost father, and keep the family together until she comes of age?
9781627793902 1627793909
2015023829
Orphans
Poverty
Brothers and sisters
Depressions--1929
Juvenile Fiction--Family--Orphans & Foster Homes.
Juvenile Fiction--Girls & Women.
Juvenile Fiction--Social Issues--Homelessness & Poverty.
Service stations
Tramps
Absentee fathers
Virginia--History--20th century
jBay 17
Lucky strikes Louis Bayard - First edition. - New York Henry Holt and Company 2016 - 313 pages 22 cm
"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"-- With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister-- and the family gas station. To keep a competitor at bay and keep her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father-- fast. When a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity by its beard. Can she convince the town that Hiram is her long lost father, and keep the family together until she comes of age?
9781627793902 1627793909
2015023829
Orphans
Poverty
Brothers and sisters
Depressions--1929
Juvenile Fiction--Family--Orphans & Foster Homes.
Juvenile Fiction--Girls & Women.
Juvenile Fiction--Social Issues--Homelessness & Poverty.
Service stations
Tramps
Absentee fathers
Virginia--History--20th century
jBay 17