''Duffy's Rocks'' is a 1974 young adult novel by the American writer Edward Fenton (1917–1995) set in

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, during the

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...

. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Timothy Francis Brennan as he comes of age in the fictional

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of Duffy's Rocks, adjacent to Pittsburgh, and a parallel of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Brennan lives with his grandmother, a feisty Irish immigrant, as he searches for his missing father.

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* * 1974 American novels American young adult novels Novels set in Pennsylvania Great Depression novels {{1970s-hist-novel-stub