Under a Living Sky

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National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Simons, Joseph, 1956-
Under a living sky / Joseph Simons.

(Orca young readers)
ISBN 1-55143-355-9

1. Depressions—1929—Saskatchewan—Juvenile fiction.
I. Title. II. Series.

PS8637.I48U54 2005 jC813’.6 C2005-904616-3

First published in the United States, 2005
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005930967

Summary: At the height of the Depression, Mary is unlikely to receive
new shoes for Christmas but is deeply disappointed to receive a doll
crudely sewn from a horse’s nosebag instead.

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Cover design and typesetting by Lynn O’Rourke
Cover & interior illustrations by John Beder

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