Description

The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood.

About the author(s)

Joyce Hansen, a former New York City schoolteacher, is a well-known author of both fiction and nonfiction and a four-time Coretta Scott King Honor recipient. Born and raised in the Bronx, Ms. Hansen now lives in West Columbia, South Carolina.

Reviews

"Told in a black idiom and special to the circumstances, this puts universal feelings in a fresh perspective." - Kirkus Reviews

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