Lucky Strikes

Description:

With her mama recently dead and her scoundrel pa sight unseen since birth, fourteen-year-old Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister--and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and to stay out of the state orphanage, Melia must come up with a father--and fast.

subjects: Depressions,  Brothers and sisters,  Poverty,  Orphans,  History,  Fiction,  Children's fiction,  Orphans, fiction,  Poverty, fiction,  Brothers and sisters, fiction,  Depressions, fiction,  Virginia, fiction,  JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Homelessness & Poverty,  JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women,  JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes,  Juvenile fiction,  Service stations,  Tramps,  Absentee fathers,  JUVENILE FICTION,  Family,  Orphans & Foster Homes,  Girls & Women,  Social Issues,  Homelessness & Poverty,  Siblings, fiction,  Orphans -- Juvenile fiction,  Poverty -- Juvenile fiction,  Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction,  Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction,  Service stations -- Fiction,  Tramps -- Fiction,  Absentee fathers -- Fiction,  Orphans -- Fiction,  Poverty -- Fiction,  Brothers and sisters -- Fiction,  Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction,  Pauvreté -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Frères et sœurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Crises économiques -- 1929 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Stations-service -- Romans, nouvelles, etc,  Vagabonds -- Romans, nouvelles, etc,  Pères absents -- Romans, nouvelles, etc,  YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Family -- Orphans & Foster Homes,  YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Girls & Women,  YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century,  Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction,  Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction,  Virginie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Places: Virginia

Times: 1929,  20th century