The Crossings (Mom's Choice Award Recipient) - Softcover

Barry Kienzle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938467972 ISBN 13: 9780938467977

Verlag: Headline Books, Inc., 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Grand Prize Winner Great Southeast Book Festival
Mom's Choice Award--Young Adult Books--Fiction
Hollywood Book Festival Runner UP Best YA Fiction
Runner Up New England Book Festival Best YA Novel
Runner Up Best YA Fiction New York Book Festival
San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention
Readers' Favorite Bronze International Book Award--Best YA Coming of Age
Literary Classics International Book Awards Seal of Approval

Captivating story of a boy and a dream set in the 1930s. His family struggles to survive and Georgie helps out with a job after school and he is an acolyte in his church. He plans to hop a freight train to New Orleans to see Mardi Gras and is determined nothing will stop him. His adventure is fraught with danger, new friends, and gives him an experience of a lifetime. Based on a true story, all ages will enjoy this story of riding the rails and the rich culture of New Orleans.

THE GREAT SOUTHEAST BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES THE CROSSINGS FOR TOP HONORS

LOS ANGELES_ The story of a young boy's daring adventure riding the rails to New Orleans and Mardi Gras is the grand prize winner of the 2015 Great Southeast Book Festival.

The Crossings by Barry Kienzle is a fiction novel based on a journey taken by the author's father in 1932. Georgie is an altar boy, but he hops a freight train and is determined that nothing will stop him from seeing Mardi Gras in the Big Easy. The colorful characters and the vivid setting make a perfect young adult novel.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Headline Books, Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0938467972
• ISBN 13: 9780938467977
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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