num_pages: 512
description: Destitution, hunger, cruelty, rootlessness-all the odds stand against Jacky, the young boy at the center of this powerful, popular American classic, yet still he prevails. Resourcefully, doggedly, Jacky nurtures his spirit of independence, his capacity to love, and his faith in a nation's dream in a journey that takes him from Wichita to Corpus Christi and from poverty to possibility.
language: English
title: A Garden of Sand
titlecomplete: A Garden of Sand (Thompson, Earl)
genres: American, Classics, Novels, Noir, Fiction
ratings_count: 319
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Da Capo Press