num_pages: 184
description: From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression.“A powerfully moving story.”— Chicago Daily NewsIn 1932, American's dreams were a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. At fifteen years of age, Josh has to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of a young man’s struggle to find a life for himself in the most turbulent of times.
language: English
title: No Promises in the Wind
titlecomplete: No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST)
genres: Fiction, Classics, Action, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Read For School, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 2439
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 31564800000
name: The Charles W. Follett Award
publisher: Berkley