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Title	:	Crossing the Tracks
Author	:	Barbara Stuber
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	July 6th 2010 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published June 18th 2010)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction

Crossing the Tracks

Barbara Stuber

Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 820 Users | 175 Reviews

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At fifteen, Iris is a hobo of sorts -- no home, no family, no direction. After her mother’s early death, Iris’s father focuses on big plans for his new shoe stores and his latest girlfriend, and has no time for his daughter. Unbeknownst to her, he hires Iris out as housekeeper and companion for a country doctor’s elderly mother. Suddenly Iris is alone, stuck in gritty rural Missouri, too far from her only friend Leroy and too close to a tenant farmer, Cecil Deets, who menaces the neighbors and, Iris suspects, his own daughter.

Iris is buoyed by the warmth and understanding the doctor and his mother show her, but just as she starts to break out of her shell, tragedy strikes. Iris must find the guts and cunning to take aim at the devil incarnate and discover if she is really as helpless—or as hopeless—as she once believed.

Lyrical, yet humorous, Barbara Stuber’s debut novel is the unforgettable story of a girl who struggles to cast aside her long-standing grief and doubt and, in the span of one dusty summer, learn to trust, hope, and—ultimately—love.

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ISBN:	1416997032 (ISBN13: 9781416997030)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Missouri(United States)
Literary Awards:	William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2011)

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What a wonderful read! Not just a coming-of-age story but a story for any age. Beautifully written, with a soft but vivid way to describe every character.

John Griffith "Jack" London, an American author, journalist, and social activist, has quoted remarkably about "HOBOs", i.e. homeward-bound; "They were hobos, and with every word they uttered... It all spelled adventure."Let me be clear one thing, homeless people are not exactly "hobos", "hobos" are more interesting with lots of experience in life. "Hobos" have got a direction in their life and generally people coin "Hobo" in a negative way, but it's actually a positive word! The author, Barbara

Reading Crossing the Tracks informed me about the manic life of Iris Baldwin. This story captivated me every page of the book. Ever since Iris, a teenage girl of the 1920s, lost her mother to tuberculosis, she is left with her self-absorbed father to look after her. Mr. Baldwin had a more substantial life image to pursue than to care for Iris. He made arrangements for Iris to live and work on a farm with the Nesbitts, an elderly woman and son who is a doctor. Meanwhile, Iriss father takes the

Great story by a local author. Met her at the Nelson last Saturday for a tour of the art that influenced some of her descriptions of characters and settings. Very interesting.



Loved this book. Read it 3-4 year ago and still remember it. It's a nice, quiet read; a tale of a coming of age story for our young heroine. Don't worry. She finds her place in the world.

Persephone in Kansas CityCrossing the Tracks settles into a tale of family is the people you chose, not the ones you're born to. The old woman teaches her how to manage a house and a farm. The doctor teaches her how to drive.http://pussreboots.com/blog/2018/comm...