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Gunning, Monica

A Shelter in Our Car

32 pp. | Children's | February, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-89239-189-8 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Elaine Pedlar. Zettie and her widowed mom are immigrants from Jamaica; because Mama doesn't have a steady job, they must live in their car, inspiring taunts of "Junk Car Zettie!" from some school kids. It's unclear how Mama and Zettie would have a car in the first place, but readers will find eye-opening both Gunning's well-chosen details and Pedlar's brooding, expressionistic art.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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