Hitch - by Jeanette Ingold (Paperback)

About the Book

As a teenager growing up during the Great Depression, Moss Trawnley doesn't have time to be a kid. He doesn't have a job, an education, or much in the way of purpose until he lies about his age and joins Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps.

Book Synopsis

Teenager Moss Trawnley is in desperate need of work, and so he decides to head out west as a member of Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps to help protect Montana's wildlife from devastating erosion and wildfires. Despite the grueling work, Moss has time to play baseball, make lifelong friends, and rediscover what he almost lost in the Great Depression: himself.

Bringing an important era of U.S. history to life, this riveting coming-of-age story will appeal to any teen who has dreamed of adventure and survival in the great outdoors.

Includes a reader's guide.

Review Quotes

"Compelling . . . A good read from a masterful storyteller."--School Library Journal

"Readers will readily be caught up in the camp's trials and successes through to the dramatic ending . . . Wholly appealing."--The Bulletin

About the Author

JEANETTE INGOLD is the author of Mountain Solo; The Big Burn; Pictures, 1918; Airfield; and The Window. She lives and writes in Montana.