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Deep Well, Sweet Water
The year--that's what his mother called 1967 after everything that happened. Junior's pa died on the first day of January, his house was blown away in March, and his baby brother is due in August. His mother must sell what's left of the farm and move to a city to live with family members Junior hardly knows. What can thirteen-year-old Junior Tuttle do to keep from losing everything, including his dog Buck? Because most of the young men are off fighting in Vietnam, Junior manages to talk cranky old Elvis Crabtree into giving him a job as farmhand. He learns about job insurance from the black housekeeper and risks doing what's right even when it feels wrong and could get him into worse trouble. But is it enough? Will Junior and his mother ever reach the sweet water?
148 pages, Paperback
Published November 27, 2017
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April 30, 2018
A really good, heart felt book about race and being neighborly in the 1960's. In the end we are all just human and need each other. This book is a good example of that.
I won this book for free on the Good reads giveaways.
I won this book for free on the Good reads giveaways.
May 29, 2018
As I get older, I find that books about growing up in a small town (as I did) more enjoyable. This book is filled with love and humanity (except for Pearlie Mae Primm!).
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway.
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway.
May 6, 2018
I entered to win this book for my grand daughter. When I read the back cover, I decided to read it first. Glad I did. Very touching, true to life and has many life lessons.
October 12, 2018
I love books with a southern setting and this was a great book. It kept me reading it to find out what would happen next.
May 31, 2019
Excellent book
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