In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.---from the publisher
190 pages 978-0439219433 Ages 9-13
Keywords: diary, journal, historical fiction, Great Depression, economic insecurity, American history, 20th century, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, part of a series, orphan, family life