Description
Book SynopsisTold through the correspondence between the young narrator and his grandmother,
Letters from Hillside Farm provides a glimpse of life during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Young George moves from Cleveland, Ohio to a farm in central Wisconsin. He shares his discovery of rural life and the realities of tough times with his Grandmother Strunkmeyer.
Trade Review"Apps adroitly weaves factual information about the difficulties of life during the Depression with the fictional story of George to create a snapshot of a different time for today's youth, much like Patricia Reilly Giff in My Name Is Rachel." --Booklist "The story is told through letters between George and his grandmother back in Ohio. Their correspondences are detailed and provide an authentic sense of what it was like to live during the Depression." —School Library Journal "It would make perfect summer reading for elementary students, and could be the source of interesting conversations around the dinner table." —Agri-View
