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1. Christmas after all: the Great Depression diary of Minnie Swift

Author:

Lasky, Kathryn

Series:

Dear America

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
0 of 1	Leesville Community - Childrens Fiction	J DEAR

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

2001

First edition

Scholastic

185 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

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Description:

A fictional journal in which eleven-year-old Minnie Swift tells how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.

2. A city tossed and broken: the diary of Minnie Bonner

Book cover for "A city tossed and broken"

Author:

Blundell, Judy

Series:

Dear America

Average Rating:

5 stars

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Leesville Community - Childrens Fiction

J DEAR

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Desc.	Availability
2013	First edition	Scholastic	218 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.	On Shelf 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Leesville Community - Childrens Fiction J DEAR	More Info

Description:

It is 1906, and when her family is cheated out of their tavern, fourteen-year-old Minnie Bonner is forced to become a maid to the Sump family, who are moving to San Francisco--three weeks before the great earthquake.