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Thursday, 31 March 2011 09:55 Library Blog

The 1930’s, The Great Depression, staking it all on the CCC 

It’s 1935, and thousands of teens roam a country where everything seems to have gone wrong… 

For awhile, it seems seventeen-year-old Moss Trawnley is handling the hard times. Then his luck turns, and he’s left jobless, homeless, and unsure of where he fits in this harsh new world. 

Adrift in Montana, he signs on for a six-month hitch with President Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps—at least he’ll have food, a roof over his head. But during a long winter and spring of new challenges, Moss gets quite an education—about the value of work, about leading others, and about taking responsibility for his own future.