Shoeshine Girl

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Shoeshine Girl (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Library Binding - THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHO) Pub. Date: 2/28/1989 Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval

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Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl?

The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do. With no allowance and no fun to be had, Sarah Ida decides to look for a job. But who will hire a ten year old? Al, the shoeshine man, will!

Sarah loves her job, even if it means getting knee-deep in shoe polish everyday. Then something terrible happens and it looks like the shoeshine stand will have to close forever. If Sarah Ida wants to keep it open, she'll have to learn a few lessons about growing up along the way ...

Determined to earn some money, ten-year-old Sarah Ida gets a job at a shoe shine stand and learns a great many things besides shining shoes.

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ISBN-13: 9780064402286
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/28/1989
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 96
Sales rank: 115,177
Age range: 7 - 10 Years
Lexile: 330L (what's this?)
Series: Trophy Chapter Book Series
Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.60 (h) x 0.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Clyde Robert Bulla is the author of over fifty books for children including The Secret Valley and The Story of Valentine’s Day. He has been writing since 1946 when he published his first book, The Donkey Cart. Mr. Bulla was the first recipient of the Southern California Council on Children’s Literature award for distinguished contribution to the field. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Palmville

The train stopped at Palmville, and Sarah Ida had a sudden thought. What if she didn’t get off? What if she just rode on to the end of the line? Maybe she could find a place where everything was new and she could start all over again.

But people would ask questions. How old are you? … Only ten and a half? What are you doing here all by yourself? Someone would be sure to find her and bring her back.

Anyway, it was too late. Aunt Claudia had already seen her. Aunt Claudia was at the station, looking through the train window and waving.

Sarah Ida picked up her suitcase.

"Here, little lady, I’ll help you with that," said the porter.

"I can carry it myself," she said, and she dragged it off the train.

Aunt Claudia gave her a kiss that smelled like cough drops. Then they took a taxi. They rode through town, and Aunt Claudia talked. "You’ve grown, but I knew you the minute I saw you. You’ve got your mother’s pretty brown eyes, but you’ve got your father’s jaw. Look – over there. That’s our new supermarket. Things may seem quiet to you here after the city, but I think you’ll like Palmville. It’s getting to be quite a city, too."

Sarah Ida said nothing.

"We’re on Grand Avenue," said Aunt Claudia. "It’s the main street." The taxi turned off the avenue and stopped in front of a square, gray house.

While Aunt Claudia paid the driver, Sarah Ida looked at the house. It was old, with a new coat of paint. It had spidery-looking porches and balconies.

They wentinside.

"There’s the telephone," said Aunt Claudia. "Your mother wanted you to call as soon as you got here."

"Why?" asked Sarah Ida.

"So she’d know you got here all right."

"You call her," said Sarah Ida.

"All right." Aunt Claudia went to the telephone. "I’ll dial the number for you."

"Don’t dial it for me," said Sarah Ida. "I’m not going to talk to her."

Aunt Claudia’s mouth opened and closed. Then she said, "It’s been a long trip, and I know you’re tired. Come on upstairs. Shall I help you with your suitcase?"

"No," said Sarah Ida.

They climbed the stairs. Aunt Claudia opened a door. "This is your room."

Sarah Ida looked around the room. It wasn’t bad. She rather liked the rag rugs on the dark wood floor, and she didn’t mind the rocking chair. But the window curtains were fussy. So was the bed cover. And the pictures on the wall were terrible – a fat girl looking at a robin, and a horse with a blue ribbon around its neck.

She waited for Aunt Claudia to ask, "How do you like it?" She was going to answer, "I like plain things."

But Aunt Claudia didn’t ask. "Maybe you want to unpack now," she said. "We can talk later."

"We can talk now if you want to." Sarah Ida sat down on the bed.

Aunt Claudia sat in the rocking chair.

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'This book caused me to fall in love with reading'

As an adult of an 11 year old daughter, I found myself remembering this book. My mother bought it for me when I was 10 because she thought it would get me to love to read. I couldn't put it down. If fact, I wanted to become just like Sarah Ida. I highly suggest buying this book for your daughter as well.
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