Roller Skates

Name: Roller Skates
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ISBN: 9780140303582

Ruth Sawyer, Valenti Angelo

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English

Penguin Random House Australia
06 May 1986

Classic fiction (Children's&YA)

Series: Newbery Library, Puffin

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

By: Ruth Sawyer
Illustrated by: Valenti Angelo
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780140303582
ISBN 10: 0140303588
Series: Newbery Library, Puffin
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 06 May 1986
Recommended Age: 10+
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth Sawyer (1880-1970), a central figure in the advancement of children's book reading and writing, is a recipient of the Regina Medal (1965) for distinguished contribution to the field of children's literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1965) for substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature. A frequent and much admired speaker in the United States, she collaborated on two Caldecott Honor winners, The Christmas Anna Angel (1944) and Journey Cake, Ho! (1954), and her book Roller Skates(1937) was a winner of the Newbery Medal.

Reviews for Roller Skates

This might be sold as non-fiction as we are told it is autobiographical. But it is written as a story and would sell better that way, I think. One of the most delightful books of the year - a vivid, lovable story of one year in a small girl's life, when her parents' trip to Italy and her own boarding out with the freedom of the city on roller skates - gave her a chance to be a real person rather than a bandboxed child. Into that year she manages to crowd all sorts of interesting contacts with people she might never have known, and joys and sorrows come thick and fast. An interesting picture of New York 40 odd years ago. (Kirkus Reviews)