The Year We Sailed the Sun
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 417 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.
Subjects:
Orphanages -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Nuns -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangsters -- Juvenile fiction.
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphanages -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Nuns -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangsters -- Juvenile fiction.
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 940L
ISBN:
9780689858277 (hbk.)
Includes bibliographical references.