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200 pp.
| Farrar |
April, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-374-35552-5$$16.00
(2)
4-6
Twelve-year-old Frances is jolted from her sheltered life by the suicide of her father in Depression-era Philadelphia. Frightened of living with an unknown aunt in Chicago, she snatches at the romantic notion of hopping a freight train and becoming a hobo. The theme of running away as a rite of passage plays out well, bringing Frances more painful loss but also courage and resolve as, in the end, she heads for Chicago and the prospect of a real home.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 1999