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Author:
Gunning, Monica, author.
Title:
A shelter in our car / story by Monica Gunning ; illustrations by Elaine Pedlar.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Children's Book Pressan imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc.,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
31 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject:
Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Jamaican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Jamaican Americans--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction.
Jamaican Americans--Fiction.
Picture books for children.
Other Authors:
Pedlar, Elaine, illustrator.
Summary:
Since she left Jamaica for America after her father died, Zettie lives in a car with her mother while they both go to school and plan for a real home.
Indexed by:
School Library Journal, May 2004
Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2004
Publisher's Weekly, February 2004
Booklist, April 2004
Horn Book, October 2004
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2004
Multicultural Review, October 2004
School Library Journal
Book Links (A.L.A.)
Publisher's Weekly
ISBN:
0892393084
9780892393084 pbk
Locations:
LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

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