The Shimmershine Queens (Paperstar)
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Published: June 18, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780698113695
Subjects: Schools; Fiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance; People & Places - United States - African-American; Juvenile Fiction / Ethnic / African American; Afro-Americans; Prejudices
First sentence: "Seems like this elevator is always breaking down," Angie Peterson complained as she pushed open the first-floor stairwell door in the lobby of the building where she lived.