Sitting On Top Of the World
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.
This should be so interesting. I have not read many stories set during this time.
ReplyDeleteNice cover. Love historical reads. sounds like a good read for the younger audience but I too want to check it out.
ReplyDeleteJune sounds very brave. I agree, one for my niece and for me.
ReplyDeleteReally liked learning about your historical fiction.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your first published novel! It sounds like a good story!
ReplyDeleteThank you all so much! And for some breaking news: The audiobook is now in production!
ReplyDeleteFrom the warning, this one would seem to be a good introduction for young-middle teens for discussion about many difficult issues. However, I can easily see it being put on a 'forbidden' list in many school districts unfortunately.
ReplyDelete