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Howard, Ellen

The Gate in the Wall

148 pp. | Atheneum/Karl | April, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-689-82295-2 $$16.00
(2) 4-6 Ten-year-old orphan Emma works long days in a stifling mill to support her older sister, an abusive, alcoholic brother-in-law, and their baby. One day she steals a potato from a canal boat and is pressed into service by a recently widowed boatwoman--a new situation that is ideal for both of them. Howard has given her story a highly interesting venue and has created a cast of characters who are fully dimensional and engaging.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999

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