In the St. Louis of 1933, twelve-year-old Aaron finds himself pitted against outside forces threatening to crush him: his father's joblessness, his mother's illness, dire poverty, and a patrolman bent on repossessing the family car. Aaron is nonetheless full of hope as he mooches through the Depression-haunted streets and masters the essentials of survival.
"In the St. Louis of 1933, twelve-year-old Aaron finds himself pitted against outside forces threatening to crush him: his father's joblessness, his mother's illness, dire poverty, and a patrolman bent on repossessing the family car. Aaron is nonetheless full of hope as he mooches through the Depression-haunted streets and masters the essentials of survival."@en
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