

My Crooked Family
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Narrator: Joe Short
Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: AudioBookShelf
Published: 05/14/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Narrator: Joe Short
Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: AudioBookShelf
Published: 05/14/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories
James Lincoln Collier has written many books for children, including Give Dad My Best and Planet out of the Past. He has also contributed more than five hundred articles to the New York Times Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and Boy’s Life. His honors include the Kidger Prize for Teaching, the Jane Addams Peace Prize, and the Newbery Honor.
'Overview Sneaking into the majestic house on Park Row last night and unlocking the door for the well-dressed stranger had been exciting. Still, Roger knows that what he did for Circus was wrong, especially when he learns from the newspaper that one of the inhabitants was killed. But the fifty dollar......more
“Although fourteen-year-old Roger Hardy’s life of crime starts small (he heists a bucket of fried rice), the boy has played a key role in two major robberies by the time this novel is over. Collier does an excellent job in portraying the poverty, hunger, and abuse that drive Roger to illicit activity, and his novel—set in an unnamed city in the '20s—is suffused with a flawless sense of place.” Publishers Weekly
“Set in 1919 in a big city district with whores, hoodlums, and saloons, this coming-of-age novel duplicates the pattern of several of Collier’s other books…The mood is grim, an accurate portrayal of poverty.” School Library Journal