Checking on the Moon

Checking on the Moon
Checking on the Moon  
Author(s) Jenny Davis
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Orchard Books
Publication date 1991
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 208 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-531-05960-X
OCLC Number 23254639
LC Classification PZ7.D2923 Ch 1991

Checking on the Moon is a young-adult novel by the American writer Jenny Davis. It is set during the 1980s in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working-class district of Washco (fictionalized). The protagonist is 13 year-old Cab Jones, who has arrived from Blue Cloud, Texas, with her older brother Bill to spend the summer with Grandmother, who runs a neighborhood restaurant called EATS. The kids are shocked by the ruins of industrial life in Washco, but adjust and try to help the community to recover.[1]

References

  1. ^ Checking on the Moon (1991), School Library Journal, 1991.. ASIN 053105960. 



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