+ N Y Times p9 D 12 ’20 90w
LATHAM, HAROLD STRONG. Marty lends a hand. il *$1.60 (3½c) Macmillan
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Marty, the young hero of this story for boys and girls, is in his sophomore year in high school. He has won first honors in the sophomore oratorical contest and is to play “Tony Lumpkin” in the class production of “She stoops to conquer.” And then just at that happy moment an accident to his father takes him out of school to shoulder the responsibilities of a bread winner. He finds an original way of earning a living—growing mushrooms in an abandoned mine. The mine proves to be the secret hiding place of German plotters and Marty sees that they are brought to justice. But the chief interest of the story is in the mushroom experiment, and thru cooperation of his loyal friends, it succeeds beyond Marty’s fondest hopes. His father recovers and takes charge of the new business and Marty looks forward to a return to school.
+ Booklist 16:175 F ’20
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+ Bookm 50:382 N ’19 60w
“Mr Latham knows his boys and girls, and he makes them not mere automatons but living figures on the stage he has set so skilfully.”
+ N Y Evening Post p9 N 8 ’19 400w