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Meltzer, Milton

Tough Times

168 pp. | Clarion | November, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-87445-3 $16.00
(3) YA Joey aspires to be the first in his family to attend college, but they can barely scrape together their next meal. With the Great Depression looming, Joey and his father join the WWI veterans' Bonus March. The effects of war and financial hardship on 1930s society are channeled into an affecting plot brimming with astutely observed historical detail.
Reviewer: Juliet S. King

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