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From: Karen MacPherson <karen.macpherson_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:01:40 -0600
A favorite book of mine that highlights the class distinction issue is "Roller Skates," a Newbery Medal-winning book by Ruth Sawyer. It tells the story of a wealthy and curious girl named Lucinda who spends a life-changing year exploring a side of New York City that she wouldn't ordinarily get to see. Despite the book's old-fashioned cover (I just CAN'T get kids to see past that cover, sigh), there are some intense moments, including a death, in this book as Lucinda meets and bonds with people whose financial situations are very different from hers.
Cheers,
Karen MacPherson, children's & teen librarian, Takoma Park Maryland Library and children's book reviewer, Scripps Howard News Service
Received on Sat 05 Nov 2011 09:01:40 AM CDT
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:01:40 -0600
A favorite book of mine that highlights the class distinction issue is "Roller Skates," a Newbery Medal-winning book by Ruth Sawyer. It tells the story of a wealthy and curious girl named Lucinda who spends a life-changing year exploring a side of New York City that she wouldn't ordinarily get to see. Despite the book's old-fashioned cover (I just CAN'T get kids to see past that cover, sigh), there are some intense moments, including a death, in this book as Lucinda meets and bonds with people whose financial situations are very different from hers.
Cheers,
Karen MacPherson, children's & teen librarian, Takoma Park Maryland Library and children's book reviewer, Scripps Howard News Service
Received on Sat 05 Nov 2011 09:01:40 AM CDT
