| #3672649 in Books | Orca Book Publishers | 2010-10-01 | 2010-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.50 x.30 x5.00l,.45 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Desperate Times, Deperate Measures|By Darlene Foster|The Depression of the 1930s was tough on everyone, and it hit Elsie's family hard. After they lost their house and her Dad went missing, and then her mom and uncle left her alone with her grandmother; she couldn't imagine things could get any worse. But as her Nan often said, "Desperate times sometimes call for desperate me|From School Library Journal|Grade 4–6—Set in Vancouver, BC, during the 1930s, this story of a family suffering through economic hardship will resonate with many of today's readers. Eleven-year-old Elsie's father left home shortly after losing his jew
Abandoned by her father during the Depression, eleven-year-old Elsie lives in the garage behind her old house with her mother, grandmother Nan and out-of-work uncle. Elsie's friend Scoop accompanies her as she searches for her father in the city, encountering unfriendly hobos, food lines and shantytowns.
After both her uncle and her mother disappear on mysterious errands, Elsie and Scoop eventually discover them competing in a dance marathon. Persuading them to a...
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