If this keeps up, I'll be writing Harriett a check at the end of every week, not the other way around. Roller Skates . Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Signed on the title page by author Ruth Sawyer. Newbery Award winner 1936.
Dust jacket has minor chips to extremities, book itself is fine.
Roller Skates introduces readers to a fascinating urban world. A bright young girl struggles to grow up on her own terms, an excellent theme and an unusually thought-provoking book. 1890s New York is itself one of the diverse and vibrant characters herein. Although Roller Skates is filled with warmth and love, one of the reasons for the book's enduring success is its frank treatment of issues such as class separation, death and growing up.