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toggle_fow's review
3.0
I had to pick this up to extend my minor Dust Bowl kick. This book is very small, one step up from a chapter book pretty much, but defined the concept of depression-era sharecropping for me as a little kid.
Rosie Pearl's California migrant life is sunnier than Esperanza's, and overall Rosie Pearl seems to think of the depression's impact on her life the same way that fish think about the water they swim in -- not at all.
You can see from her expression in the cover picture that Rosie Pearl isn't spending a lot of time pondering the dark turns her family's life has taken. Her main concerns are her family and friend issues, and the creepy foreman. (When I was little the creepy foreman seemed VERY creepy. Now it seems like pretty mild creepiness.) As well as the generally upbeat tone, there's a happy ending, too, which I appreciate.
Rosie Pearl's California migrant life is sunnier than Esperanza's, and overall Rosie Pearl seems to think of the depression's impact on her life the same way that fish think about the water they swim in -- not at all.
You can see from her expression in the cover picture that Rosie Pearl isn't spending a lot of time pondering the dark turns her family's life has taken. Her main concerns are her family and friend issues, and the creepy foreman. (When I was little the creepy foreman seemed VERY creepy. Now it seems like pretty mild creepiness.) As well as the generally upbeat tone, there's a happy ending, too, which I appreciate.