The Summer of the Crow - Boeve, Eunice
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Dust storms, rabbit drives, hobo camps, and riding on freight trains were all a part of life for many throughout the Midwest during the Great Depression. Polio and many other diseases had not yet been conquered and the huge dust storms that killed livestock and ruined crops also caused life-threatening respiratory ailments, such as asthma and pneumonia. In the spring of 1935, thirteen-year-old Brady Foster's family is forced to leave their "dusted out" wheat farm in southwest Kansas when his mother's asthma takes a turn for the worst. Deciding her only hope lies in California's cleaner air,…mehr

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Dust storms, rabbit drives, hobo camps, and riding on freight trains were all a part of life for many throughout the Midwest during the Great Depression. Polio and many other diseases had not yet been conquered and the huge dust storms that killed livestock and ruined crops also caused life-threatening respiratory ailments, such as asthma and pneumonia. In the spring of 1935, thirteen-year-old Brady Foster's family is forced to leave their "dusted out" wheat farm in southwest Kansas when his mother's asthma takes a turn for the worst. Deciding her only hope lies in California's cleaner air, Brady and his little autistic sister are sent to live with their grandfather, a county sheriff in the northcentral part of the state, until their parents can return. In his new school, Brady is bullied and ostracized, but he finds a friend in Eddie Peel, the son of the town drunk, a boy with a pet crow. Selected for the Kansas State Reading Circle Catalog and Winner of the J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award!
Autorenporträt
Eunice Boeve has authored nine historical fiction books, articles for Montana Magazine, and children's stories for various publications and organizations. Her books have won recognition by the Kansas Author's Coffin Award, Kansas Reading Circle Books, Kansas Notable Books, and the governor of Kansas. In 2016, she received local recognition for her writing and was named Fort Bissell person of the year.A stay-at-home parent while her children were young, she then worked as a speech paraprofessional in a school for special needs children and then in the family funeral home. She started a library based around the subject of death and dying at the funeral home and helped bereaved families and individuals choose books that best suited their needs. She retired with her husband in 1999.