Nowhere to Call Home
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A Depression-era adventure from a master storyteller
Tramping is for people with nothing to lose and nowhere to call home. Twelve-year-old Frances Elizabeth Barrow thinks that describes her when she clips her hair and, disguised as a boy, "flips" a train west. Left a penniless orphan after her father's bankruptcy and subsequent suicide, Frances is sure that hoboing is better than bei... More
Tramping is for people with nothing to lose and nowhere to call home. Twelve-year-old Frances Elizabeth Barrow thinks that describes her when she clips her hair and, disguised as a boy, "flips" a train west. Left a penniless orphan after her father's bankruptcy and subsequent suicide, Frances is sure that hoboing is better than bei... More
Book Information
Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Binding | Hardcover (8 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 4-8 |
# of Pages | 208 |
ISBN-10 | 0374355525 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0374355524 |
Publication Date | 04/15/1999 |
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