This stunning picture book about life in an Ohio coal-mining town during the 1930s "offers such an authentic picture of growing up gritty that you almost expect it to rub off on your hands".--School Library Journal. ALA Notable Children's Book; Booklist Editors' Choice; New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; Parents' Choice Remarkable Book for Illustration. Full-color illustrations.