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Henderson, Aileen Kilgore

Hard Times for Jake Smith

193 pp. | Milkweed | April, 2004 | Trade ISBN 1-57131-648-5 $$16.95 | Paper ISBN 1-57131-649-3 $$6.95
(3) 4-6 Abandoned by her parents during the Depression, MaryJake Wildsmith is mistaken for a boy and decides to adopt that persona. As "Jake Smith," she finds a home with a Civil War widow, earns money selling bottles to a moonshiner, and learns the truth about her parentage. The conclusion may be too good to be true, but the novel, like its heroine, is so sweet-natured that most readers won't mind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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