Title: The year we sailed the sun
Description: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.

In 1911 St. Louis, eleven-year-old orphan Julia Delaney rails against the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, but life becomes more exciting when she and her best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.
Subjects: Conduct of life, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Nuns, Fiction, Gangsters, Behavior, Orphanages, Orphans, History, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes
Places: Saint Louis (Mo.)
Time periods: 20th century