Wasatch County Library

Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.

Janey and her family settle in a real home after spending years as migratory workers.

During the 1918 influenza outbreak, nine-year-old Rettie seeks ways to make Thanksgiving special for her siblings and ailing mother.

"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...

When Ruben, who longs to have a bike like his friend Sergio's that his family cannot afford, finds money in a grocery store, he has to make a tough decision about what to do with it. Ruben se siente como si fuera el �unico ni�no que no tiene bicicleta. Desear�ia tener una bicicleta como la de su amigo Sergio, pero sabe que los deseos no se cumplen sin dinero. Un d�ia, cuando Ruben ve un billete de un d�olar que se cae del bolso de una se�nora,...

During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tar-paper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.