The Importance of Wings
With their mother caring for relatives in Israel and their father driving a cab all hours of the day, Roxanne and her sister, Gayle, spend a lot of time watching television reruns of Little House on the Prairie, The Brady Bunch, and Wonder Womanperfect examples of perfect Americans. Roxanne is...
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With their mother caring for relatives in Israel and their father driving a cab all hours of the day, Roxanne and her sister, Gayle, spend a lot of time watching television reruns of Little House on the Prairie, The Brady Bunch, and Wonder Womanperfect examples of perfect Americans. Roxanne is desperate to be like them. When Liat, a fellow Israeli, moves into the Cursed House next door, things begin to change and Roxanne realizes that maybe real life isnt like TVmaybe its even better. The novel is set on Staten Island, New York, in the early 1980s.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781580893305 (1580893309)
ASIN: 1580893309
Publish date: 2009-07-01
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
The Importance of Wings is a coming of age tale. Taking place in the 80's, the main character, Roxanne, believes that one of the most important things in the world is to have the right style of hair: "wings." She believes that, if she had these wings, she would be popular in school. All of this chan...
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