With nostalgic black-and-white photos from the era throughout, this treasure of a book offers an authentic, poignant glimpse into one family's struggle to stay together when the world around them was falling apart. And soon, soon, she knows her parents will stop fighting, her hunger pangs will subside, and her family will laugh again. Yes, life is full of setbacks.īut through the eyes of Booky Thomson the world has an energetic, rosy tinge: there are street games to play at night with the neighbourhood kids butter and white sugar sandwiches important talks with her Grandpa riding the streetcar to her Aunt Susan's nut and candy shop and an oh-so-special afternoon at the talking picture show. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Follows grew up in an acting family and made her first on-screen appearance in a commercial for Bell Canada at the age of nine. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when. Booky's father can't find work her mother is expecting another baby the bailiff keeps threatening to evict the family from their home and her older brother Arthur is terribly annoying. Scholastic-TAB, 1986 - Families - 149 pages. It's almost 1933 and the Great Depression has hit the east end of Toronto.
Scatterbrained, incorrigible and irrepressible - Booky will win you over in this Canadian classic set in Depression-era Toronto. Mead, 1987 - Authors, Canadian (English) 20th century Biography Juvenile. Scholastic Canada Ltd | ISBN 9780545986182 Paperback 176 Pages | 5.25" x 7.6" | Ages 9 to 12 Meet the Author, Bernice Thurman Hunter kit.
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