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Harlow, Joan Hiatt

Joshua's Song

176 pp. | McElderry | October, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84119-1 $$16.00
(4) 4-6 After losing his father to influenza, privileged thirteen-year-old Joshua Harper is forced to quit school and start selling newspapers on the street. Then Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 compels Joshua to find courage, as well as his new inner voice. Although it relies too heavily on contrivances and easily resolved conflicts to advance the plot, the story enlightens a forgotten chapter of Boston history.
Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli

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