num_pages: 186
description: A Newbery Medal Winner! Growing up in a well-to-do family with strict rules and routines can be tough for a ten-year-old girl who only wants to roller skate. But when Lucinda Wyman's parents go overseas on a trip to Italy and leave her behind in the care of Miss Peters and Miss Nettie in New York City, she suddenly gets all the freedom she wants! Lucinda zips around New York on her roller skates, meeting tons of new friends and having new adventures every day. But Lucinda has no idea what new experiences the city will show her.... Some of which will change her life forever.
language: English
title: Roller Skates
titlecomplete: Roller Skates
characters: Lucinda Wyman
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, New York, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 4204
places: New York City, New York
series: Lucinda Wyman
awards: awardedAt: -1041350400000
name: Newbery Medal
publisher: Puffin Books