Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of R My Name is Rachel. Rachel is a 12 year old girl living with her pop and younger brother and sister during The Great Depression in 1936. Pop is out of work and finds a job out of the city, so he moves his family to an old farm, away from a special adult in Rachel’s life, Miss Mitzi. Rachel stays in contact with Miss Mitzi through letters as she tries to navigate life in the country in a rundown farmhouse. Rachel’s pop ends up taking a different job away from home and leaves Rachel in charge of her brother and sister with very few resources. The children encounter some problems on their own and must make some hard decisions on how to survive.
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