This book, written for middle and high school aged youth, is a good choice for older readers as well. When seventeen-year-old Moss Trawnley loses his job at an airfield in Texas in the depths of the Depression, he rides the rails out to Montana to try to find his father and make sure he sends money back to their family in Louisiana. But Moss' father is not to be depended on, so Moss ends up signing on for a six-month "hitch" with the Civilian Conservation Corps, (CCC), a government program that pays poor young men to work on conservation projects. Moss makes new friends, surprises himself by becoming a leader at the camp, and learns how hard work and teamwork can produce results in spite of formidable odds.
To see more about this book, including a discussion guide, visit the author's website at http://www.jeanetteingold.com/Hitch.html
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