Sitting On Top Of the World

 


Sitting on Top of the World

by Cheryl King

Genre: Teen Historical Fiction 


Fourteen-year-old June Baker never in a million years thought she’d be dressing like a boy, sneaking into a hobo camp, and jumping onto a moving freight train to travel across the state of Tennessee. But that’s what she has to do to find work so her family’s farm can survive.

It’s 1933, and the Great Depression is spreading misery throughout America. Where once June was sitting on top of the world, now she’s carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. Once she was picking fruit from the pawpaw trees, and now she’s picking up the pieces of a family torn apart. Once she was climbing and falling from trees, and now she’s jumping from moving trains.

June knows the risks. What she doesn’t know is that the railroad bull she’s falling for has a devastating secret that will change the course of her life.

Journey with June in Sitting on Top of the World, a historical fiction tale about family, friendship, love, loss, and hope.
Sitting on Top of the World bridges the gap between middle grade and young adult and is a book that middle school and high school teachers can be proud to include in their classroom library or in reading instruction.

Content warning: Some instances of physical violence, death, mention of suicide, mention of miscarriage, and characters encounter racial bigotry.


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Cheryl King is a born-and-raised Texan, Harry Potter fanatic, chocolate lover, and word nerd. By day she is a dyslexia therapist, but at night – look out: She enjoys writing flash- and micro-fiction for writing contests like NYCMidnight and has two of her short writing pieces accepted for publication. This is her first published novel.


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Comments

  1. This should be so interesting. I have not read many stories set during this time.

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  2. Nice cover. Love historical reads. sounds like a good read for the younger audience but I too want to check it out.

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  3. June sounds very brave. I agree, one for my niece and for me.

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  4. Really liked learning about your historical fiction.

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  5. Congratulations on your first published novel! It sounds like a good story!

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  6. Thank you all so much! And for some breaking news: The audiobook is now in production!

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  7. From the warning, this one would seem to be a good introduction for young-middle teens for discussion about many difficult issues. However, I can easily see it being put on a 'forbidden' list in many school districts unfortunately.

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