When the Depression strikes America, throwing millions out of work, 12-year-old KiKi's family seems safe. Hadn't the boss promised KiKi's dad that he'd always have a job? But during the Depression, promises can't always be kept, and KiKi find her family sliding rapidly into poverty. When KiKi much-admired cousin Dakota stats working as a union organizer in the battle to improve conditions for workers, poverty turns into tragedy
