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Guttersnipe
By Cutler, Jane & McCully, Emily Arnold
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37432-813-9
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
Gr 1-3 A story set in Canada during the early 20th century, based on the recollections of Cutlers father. Wanting to contribute to his Jewish immigrant familys livelihood, 10-year-old Ben takes a job as a hatmakers delivery boy. Given a rickety bicycle, he is instructed to take a basketful of hat linings to the other side of town. Unable to cycle up the steep hill, he waits for a streetcar and surreptitiously grabs on. When he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
To help his Jewish immigrant family, Ben gets a job delivering hat linings. One day he wrecks his bike and drops hundreds of the silk ci...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
