Cotton in My Sack;

Ages 8 and up "Picking enough cotton to fill the long sack means more money to spend in town on Saturday. Joanda knows what fun it is to spend the money she has earned herself: but she knows, too, what it means when the money is gone. Whatever happens, Joanda always shares in her family's ups-and-downs, even when it means facing the mysterious loff of the load of cotton that was to mean the beginning of independence for the family." -- From the back cover "Written at the request of Arkansas country children, this book is a revealing account of life among the sharecroppers, tenants, and farm owners of the Cotton Belt...as authentic and understanding as the author's five preceding regional stories." The New York Times