Author Jeanette Ingold Great Books for Teens
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HITCH by Jeanette Ingold a novel of the New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps

Hitch

The 1930s, the Great Depression, staking it all on the CCC

It's 1935, and thousands of teens roam a country where everything seems to have gone wrong . . .

 

For a while, it seems seventeen-year-old Moss Trawnley is handling the hard times. Then his luck turns, and he's left jobless, homeless, and unsure of where he fits in this harsh new world.

Adrift in Montana, he signs on for a six-month hitch with President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps--at least he'll have food a roof over his head. But during a long winter and spring of new challenges, Moss gets quite an education--about the value of work, about leading others, and about taking responsibility for his own future.

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HITCH selected for NEA - ALA We the People Bookshelf

The National Endowment for the Humanities in conjunction with the American Library Association annually identifies a theme important to our nation's heritage and selects books that embody that theme. This year’s, recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, is A More Perfect Union.

http://www.neh.gov/wtp/bookshelf/MorePerfectUnion.html

http://publicprograms.ala.org/bookshelf/

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HITCH by Jeanette Ingold

 

• 2006 Christopher Award 2006

• Society of School Librarians International Best Book

• 2006 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

• 2006-2007 Texas Tayshas book