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Rockbuster

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By Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher Simon Schuster Children's Publishing - (Atheneum)
Rockbuster
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Is Tommy guilty of his uncles murder at the hands of antiunion detectives? He thinks so, and the guilt plunges him into despair. His life becomes as dark as the coal mine where he works to support his mother.In the blackness of the mine, Tommy teaches himself to play the guitar; soon hes performing at parties and dances in coalmining towns throughout eastern Utah. One Christmas Eve, he meets lovely Eugenie, the mine owners daughter, and writes a song for her. The two sixteenyearolds fall in love, but because Tommy is a lowly laborer in the mine, Eugenie decides they should keep their meetings secret.After union songwriter Joe Hill is convicted of murder in an unfair trial, Tommy is asked to be Joes successor, to write the powerful, prounion songs that will rally working men and women to the union cause. Tommy is torn if he accepts, hell lose his job in the mine and he may lose Eugenie; if he refuses, hell be turning away from the people hes worked with since he was eleven years old.Riding on a train to Chicago where hell sing at Joe Hills funeral, Tommy reviews the crucial events of his life, from his Uncle J

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67165 words67,165 words
272 pages272 pages
Lexile 860LLexile 860L
Published 2001Published 2001

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Hear it intensive Hear it minor Hear it grate Hear it confide Hear it fuse Hear it survey Hear it resist Hear it volume Hear it proceed Hear it bitter Hear it bargain Hear it spite Hear it raw Hear it enforce Hear it chorus Hear it establish Hear it trim Hear it portal Hear it grease Hear it column Hear it mass Hear it brief Hear it desire Hear it squeal Hear it pardon Hear it engrave Hear it flexible Hear it unfinished Hear it brim Hear it freight Hear it drape Hear it hunger Hear it decent Hear it linen Hear it ration Hear it fiddle Hear it presence Hear it guarantee Hear it gravy Hear it propose Hear it limb Hear it justify Hear it streetcar Hear it riot Hear it maneuver Hear it transform Hear it permanent Hear it depart Hear it churn Hear it chamber Hear it dim Hear it tragic Hear it precious Hear it adjust Hear it cue Hear it drama Hear it filter Hear it satisfy Hear it innocent Hear it mule Hear it frequent Hear it whack Hear it lend Hear it firm Hear it instant Hear it inspect Hear it gloom Hear it bruise Hear it stylish Hear it dynamite Hear it deputy Hear it pronounce Hear it distant Hear it promote Hear it preserve Hear it flush Hear it brawl Hear it demonstrate Hear it apron Hear it deny Hear it conscious Hear it widow Hear it careless Hear it brutal Hear it haul Hear it genie Hear it foreman Hear it fate Hear it lug Hear it twitter Hear it appropriate Hear it scuff Hear it peach Hear it seep Hear it blouse Hear it chord Hear it slump Hear it pluck Hear it lame Hear it spoil
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9780689839917

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