Silver rain, Lois Peterson
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Silver rain, Lois Peterson
Language
eng
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Silver rain
Oclc number
676821862
Responsibility statement
Lois Peterson
Summary
Abandoned by her father during the Depression, eleven year-old Elsie lives in the garage behind her old house with her mother, her grrandmother and her out-of work uncle. Elsie's friend Ernest, accompanies her as she searches for her father in the ciry, encountering unfriendly hoboes, food lines and shantytowns. After both her uncle and her mother disappear as well, Elsie and Ernest spnd their time trying to get the "scoop" on a story about a local dance marathon, where Elsie finds joy, even as she witnesses despair
Target audience
juvenile
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