Sitting on Top of the World
by Cheryl King
Genre: Teen Historical Fiction
Fourteen-year-old June Baker never in a million years thought she’d be
dressing like a boy, sneaking into a hobo camp, and jumping onto a
moving freight train to travel across the state of Tennessee. But that’s
what she has to do to find work so her family’s farm can survive.
It’s 1933, and the Great Depression is spreading misery throughout
America. Where once June was sitting on top of the world, now she’s
carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. Once she was picking
fruit from the pawpaw trees, and now she’s picking up the pieces of a
family torn apart. Once she was climbing and falling from trees, and now
she’s jumping from moving trains.
June knows the risks. What she doesn’t know is that the railroad bull
she’s falling for has a devastating secret that will change the course
of her life.
Journey with June in Sitting on Top of the World, a historical fiction tale about family, friendship, love, loss, and
hope.
Sitting on Top of the World bridges the gap between middle grade and young adult and is a book that
middle school and high school teachers can be proud to include in their
classroom library or in reading instruction.
Content warning: Some instances of physical violence, death, mention
of suicide, mention of miscarriage, and characters encounter racial
bigotry.
Cheryl King is a born-and-raised Texan, Harry Potter fanatic, chocolate lover, and word nerd. By day she is a dyslexia therapist, but at night – look out: She enjoys writing flash- and micro-fiction for writing contests like NYCMidnight and has two of her short writing pieces accepted for publication. This is her first published novel.
I don't understand how a girl can pass herself off as a boy and get away with it for very long.
ReplyDeleteAhh, you must read it to find out!
Deletethat was so common back then, my grandmother told me a lot of stories!!!
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds like a great adventure! Great cover.
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