The Beet Fields
Author: Ryan, Eimear
ISBN: 9780099439653
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Nov 2002
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
Related TitlesOther books by Margaret Haddix in Red Fox:Running Out of Time, 0099402831Turnabout, 0099427087Amongst the Hidden, 0099402939Amongst the Imposters, 0099413469
America, 1955. For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day's an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust--always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He's living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He's tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he's pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.
ISBN: 9780099439653
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Nov 2002
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
Related TitlesOther books by Margaret Haddix in Red Fox:Running Out of Time, 0099402831Turnabout, 0099427087Amongst the Hidden, 0099402939Amongst the Imposters, 0099413469
America, 1955. For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day's an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust--always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He's living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He's tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he's pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.
