Summary: This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SOU

McKissack, Pat

Summary: During the Depression, three young sisters get one baby doll for Christmas and must find a way to share.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2007

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE MCK

Peck, Richard

Summary: A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PEC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PEC

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Peck 1998