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214 pp.
| Atheneum/Jackson |
November, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-689-84406-9$$17.00
(2)
YA
The New York City apartment in the largely Hispanic neighborhood to which Iris Pinkowitz, the engaging twelve-year-old narrator; her mother; and older brother have just moved comes with a host of colorful neighbors, all memorable to varying degrees. A rousing display of community action at the end goes a bit overboard, but it is Iris's creative tackling of her own and everyone else's problems that provides the novel's main attraction.