Saving Sky

Frankie & Bug

Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Swing it, Sunny

Absolutely Truly

Black Radishes

Girl in Reverse

Friday Never Leaving

Mike Costa has lived his whole life in The Strip, Pittsburghs warehouse and factory district. His fathers large Italian family runs a food wholesale business, and Mike is used to the sounds and smells of men working all night to unload the trains that feed the city. But its 1933, and the Depression is bringing tough times to everyone. Money problems only add to Mikes worries about his beloved grandfather, who is getting forgetful and confused.Mike is being tormented at school by a loud-mouth named Andy Simms, who calls Mike Macaroni Boy. But when dead rats start appearing in the streets, that name changes to Rat Boy. Around the same time Mike notices that his grandfather is also physically sick. Can whatever is killing the rats be hurting Mikes grandfather? Its a mystery Mike urgently needs to solve in this atmospheric, fast-paced story filled with vibrant period detail.From the Hardcover edition.

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Saving Sky

Diane Stanley, 2010

Frankie & Bug

Gayle Forman, 2021

Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Lisa Yee, 2022

Swing it, Sunny

Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, 2017

Absolutely Truly

Heather Vogel Frederick, 2014

Black Radishes

Susan Lynn Meyer, 2010

Girl in Reverse

Barbara Stuber, 2014

Friday Never Leaving

Vikki Wakefield, 2012