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Recorvits, Helen

Goodbye, Walter Malinski

85 pp. | Farrar/Foster | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-374-32747-5 $$15.00
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom. Fifth-grader Wanda narrates a quiet portrait of Polish immigrants struggling to make ends meet in 1934. Out-of-work Pa takes out his frustrations on Wanda's older brother Walter. When Walter dies in an accident, the shock is great, but the family--even Pa--is brought together with new affection. Beautifully composed illustrations add to the period atmosphere conveyed in the accessible, simply phrased narrative.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 1999

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