Side Tracks by Teresa Stores

In the depths of the Great Depression, two young women begin a dangerous journey to themselves...

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In the depths of the Great Depression, Maxine has lost her factory job and Josephine has been forbidden by her preacher father from going to college on a scholarship. They both run away from home disguised as boys, and after a chance meeting, decide to travel together, each believing the other is a boy. As the train meanders through the countryside, the wanderers grow closer, and the true ride to freedom begins when they cross the boundaries they cannot see.