TY - BOOK AU - Houston, Gloria. AU - Allen, Thomas B. TI - Little Jim SN - 0399222200 AV - PZ7.H8184 Li 1990 U1 - [Fic] 20 PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Philomel Books KW - Country life KW - Fiction KW - Fathers and sons KW - Contests KW - North Carolina N1 - Sch Libr Jnl; February,1993; November,1993; Kirkus; November,1993; Publ Weekly; November,1993 N2 - Twelve-year-old Littlejim, a bookish boy living in a rural North Carolina community in the early years of the twentieth century, hopes to win a newspaper essay contest and thus gain the respect of his stern father ER -