The Boy Under the Oak Tree
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The year is 1929, the time of the Great Depression. Millions of people around the United States have lost their jobs, homes, and all of the money they had.
Fourteen year old Ella is one of the luckier ones. Her grandparents are very wealthy, so she was sent there when her parents lost their jobs. All is well for Ella, but she is curious. She wants to know why there have been people dressed in rags digging through the trash bins more than usual. She wants to know why there are so many knocking on her door asking for food. Her life was perfect, other than these unanswered questions that no one seemed to want to answer.
Fifteen year old Will is a different story. He left his home for the sake of his parents, taking his siblings with him. They live in a Hooverville, spend the day begging on the streets for food, and struggling for survival. He will do anything to keep him and his siblings alive.
The two will meet. An unlikely relationship forms, and trouble stirs.
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