Full of Beans

Type

Book

Authors

Holm, Jennifer L

ISBN 13

9780553510362

Tags

ALA Notable Children's Books, Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction, depression, Gangs, money making projects, Preteen Boys, small towns

Abstract

Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.

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