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Silver rain [electronic resource] / written by Lois Peterson.

Peterson, Lois J., 1952- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781554692811 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1554692814 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781554695348 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1554695341 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Multi-User.

CatMonthString:january.19

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover; Title Page; CIP Page; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; Chapter Twenty-Two; Chapter Twenty-Three; Chapter Twenty-Four; Chapter Twenty-Five; Chapter Twenyt-Six; Chapter Twenty-Seven;