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336 pp.
| Carolrhoda |
April, 2019 |
TradeISBN 978-1-5415-4159-7$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-5415-4235-8
(3)
YA
Destitute, orphaned Danny and Kathleen O'Carolan emigrate from Ireland to New York City during the Civil War. To stay together, older sibling Kathleen forces twelve-year-old Danny to pose as a girl so he can avoid being conscripted into the army and the two can get jobs as housemaids. A strong sense of time and place carries this novel through to its optimistic denouement.