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Someplace to call home

In 1933, when twelve-year-old Hallie Turner and her brothers, Tom and Benny, take to the road seeking whatever work they can get, they find kindness in small-town Kansas.

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Main Author: Dallas, Sandra (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:In 1933, when twelve-year-old Hallie Turner and her brothers, Tom and Benny, take to the road seeking whatever work they can get, they find kindness in small-town Kansas.
Physical Description:222 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781585364145
1585364142
Author Notes:Sandra Dallas graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in journalism and began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week.

While a reporter, she began writing nonfiction which include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the Independent Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award.

Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published a number of novels including Buster Midnight's Cafe, Alice's Tulips, and Prayers For Sale. She is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, and two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, for The Chili Queen and Tallgrass. In addition, she was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association Award, and a four-time finalist for the Women Writing the West Willa Award.

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