This author writes a lot of historical fiction. He won a Newbery Medal for his
Bud, Not Buddy. This one is set in the same period, the Great Depression... America in the 1930's. I fell in love with the characters. The title character is a bright, fiery young girl. Her family is forced to move when her father needs work, and find themselves, like many during that period, in a "camp" with others struggling to survive. I found it a bit slow, but was cheering for Deza the entire story!
