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The Boys of San Joaquin


School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

No. of pages 240

Published: 2005

Great for age 7-12 years

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In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2005 by Simon & Schuster .

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Young Hoosier Book Award - Middle Grade
This book was recognised in the Middle Grade category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.

""The Boys of San Joaquin" is my kind of book. Smith is a writer that I'm going to keep an eye on." -- Gary Paulsen