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My Mother's Car    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $4.99 USD. 24640 words. Published on October 8, 2009. .

Ten year old Doodle is in charge of his little brother and baby sister for the summer while his mother, Nina, is awaiting the arrival of her fourth baby. Nina claims that her husband's bossman's wife "gave" her a Mercedes, which Noodle knows will either have to go back or be paid for. They have no money so Doodle tries to keep the car clean, but his sister and brother make a playhouse of it.
Okie Boy II — Julian's Journey    by Richard Merriman
Price: $5.99 USD. 164840 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on July 5, 2011. .

Okie Boy II: Julian’s Journey continues the fictional story of the Milligan family as they struggle to escape the clutches of the Great Depression and attempt to establish lives for themselves in and around the city of Wenatchee in Washington state. This book deals with the family’s renewed struggle to survive and to maintain some sense of the kind of people that they want to be.