HITCH
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
From
Harcourt, Inc. ISBN 0-15-204747-6, paperback
0-15-205619-X
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 Great Depression:
He's got an airfield job that supports him and his mother back home; a
guaranteed spot at a good technical school in the fall, and a promising future
with Beatty, a girl he just might be in love with.
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 the course of a long winter and spring of
hard outdoor work, Moss gets quite an education--about the value of work, about
caring for and leading others, and about taking responsibility for his own
future.
Excerpt
The Christophers
For
another book that features Moss and Beatty, click on AIRFIELD.
