Nowhere to Call Home
| Year of Publication |
1999
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
208 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
Set in the Great Depression, 12-year-old Frances Elizabeth Barrow hops a train to live as a hobo after her father’s bankruptcy and suicide. She learns the lifestyle from Stewpot, a 15-year-old boy, but comes to appreciate her old life.
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| Author Biography |
Cynthia DeFelice (1951— ), born in Philadelphia, is a children's author.
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| Time |
1930s
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