
Collector's and

Mike Costa has lived his whole life in The Strip, Pittsburgh's warehouse and factory district. His father's 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 it's...

Mike Costa has lived his whole life in The Strip, Pittsburgh's warehouse and factory district. His father's 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 it's...

This action-packed novel set in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression details the life of young Mike and his working-class family. An involving and informative kid's-eye look at several aspects of city life in the 1930s.--School Library Journal.
