The Overland Escape
No CoverA nearly teenage girl runs away with her cousin during the Great Depression to find her abandoned siblings while evading a tracker.
A nearly teenage girl runs away with her cousin during the Great Depression to find her abandoned siblings while evading a tracker.
A Delightful Mingling of Adventure, Suspense, Tears and JoyHildy Corrigan, almost a teenager, returns home to discover that her stepmother has abandoned her and taken her brother and four sisters. Fighting anger, resentment and self-blame, Hildy refuses to stay with her backwoods grandmother and runs away with her cousin Ruby in hopes of finding her family. Tracked by a crude mountain hunter hired to bring them back, Hildy despairs of ever fulfilling her promise to her siblings.The Great Depress...
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Subject headings reference sexual harassment; no explicit scenes described
Threats from a mountain hunter pursuing the runaways
No bad language depicted
Some instances of tobacco use
No evidence found in available sources
Strong Christian life themes and traditional moral values
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult content present
Depression-era family struggles and traditional values
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Child abandonment, runaways, family separation, and sexual harassment themes
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