“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.” —LookingGlassReview.com
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- No Promises in the Wind
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By Irene Hunt
Read by Charlie Thurston
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Release Date: 1/01/12
Formats: Digital Audy
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.
- No Promises in the Wind
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By Irene Hunt
Read by Charlie Thurston
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Release Date: 1/01/12
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Up a Road Slowly
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By Irene Hunt
Read by Jaselyn Blanchard
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Release Date: 9/01/11
Formats: Digital Audy
Julie would remember her happy days at Aunt Cordelia’s forever. Running through the spacious rooms, singing on rainy nights in front of the blazing fireplace. There were rides in the woods on Peter the Great, the races with Danny Trevort. Maybe best of all were the precious moments alone in her room at night, gazing at the sea of stars. But there was sadness too—the painful jealousy Julie felt after her sister got married, the tragic death of a schoolmate, and the bitter disappointment of her first love. Sometimes it all seemed like too much to handle. Julie was having a hard time believing life was fair. But she would have to be fair to herself before she could even think about new beginnings.
- Up a Road Slowly
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By Irene Hunt
Read by Jaselyn Blanchard
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Release Date: 9/01/11
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Across Five Aprils
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By Irene Hunt
Read by Terry Bregy
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Release Date: 4/30/10
Formats: Digital Audy
Author Irene Hunt, who won the Newbery Medal for her novel Up a Road Slowly, went to live at her grandfather’s farm in Illinois after her father’s death in 1914. Her grandfather’s stories of his boyhood during the Civil War became the basis for this compelling novel, Across Five Aprils. Although young Jethro Creighton never witnessed a battle, his life on the family farm in southern Illinois was shattered by the Civil War. He was nine years old in 1861 and over the next five years, he would learn that war deeply affects lives well beyond its gruesome battlefields. Join with narrator Terry Bregy as he brings to life one boy’s story—how Jethro grows from a sensitive, carefree child to a man before his time, learning to face each day with courage and finally, hope.
- Across Five Aprils
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By Irene Hunt
Read by Terry Bregy
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Release Date: 4/30/10
Formats: Digital Audy