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No Promises in the Wind
- Author
- Irene Hunt
- Narrator
- Charlie Thurston
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2012
- Run Time
- 5 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man's struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression.
In 1932, American's dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. When he was just fifteen years old, Josh had to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of his struggle to find a life for himself during those turbulent times.
No Promises in the Wind was awarded the 1971 Charles W. Follett Award.
Critics Review
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“In this often heartbreaking story, readers will find out what it was like for the thousands of children who left their homes during the Depression…Beautifully written by a Newbery Award–winning author, this is a title which readers will remember long after they have finished it and set it on a shelf.”
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Details
- Author
- Irene Hunt
- Narrator
- Charlie Thurston
- Duration
- 5 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2012
- ISBN
- 9781609989422
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Synopsis
From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man's struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression.In 1932, American's dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. When he was just fifteen years old, Josh had to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of his struggle to find a life for himself during those turbulent times.No Promises in the Wind was awarded the 1971 Charles W. Follett Award.
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