Author: Sonya Hartnett
Published: Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2000
Annotation: Thursday's Child is a coming-of age story set during the time of the Great Depression and follows the perspective of Harper Flute, part of a rural family hit hard by the Depression. As the times get worse, Harper must watch her family decline further, as her parents emotionally withdraw, while her brother Tin, obsessed with digging tunnels beneath their house and living underground, becomes a wild thing. A "breathtakingly original" (goodreads) story, with well-developed characters and "a sense of magical realism" (also goodreads), read through the eyes of a child. Why not try it out?
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