| Roller Skates Contributor(s): Sawyer, Ruth (Author), Angelo, Valenti (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0140303588 ISBN-13: 9780140303582 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1986 Annotation: The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 85043418 |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Series: Puffin Newberry Library |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.14" W x 7.76" (0.33 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Newbery Medal Winner Growing up in a well-to-do family with strict rules and routines can be tough for a ten-year-old girl who only wants to roller skate. But when Lucinda Wyman's parents go overseas on a trip to Italy and leave her behind in the care of Miss Peters and Miss Nettie in New York City, she suddenly gets all the freedom she wants Lucinda zips around New York on her roller skates, meeting tons of new friends and having new adventures every day. But Lucinda has no idea what new experiences the city will show her.... Some of which will change her life forever. "A refreshingly lively and genuine story."--The New York Times |