Pushcart War Notes
Still holding up as a nice satire of city politics, but I can see why modern kids might avoid it. Definitely a bit dry in the prose department for the Short Attention Span set.
One thing that caught my attention was the character of Mr. Jerusalem, one of the pushcart vendors. He's described as "...already an old man. No one knew how old." He also doesn't have a home technically, choosing to camp out wherever he parks his cart, sleeping under a tarp and cooking his meals on a portable stove.
Am I reading too much into this to think Judith Jean Merrill snuck The Wandering Jew into a YA novel?
One thing that caught my attention was the character of Mr. Jerusalem, one of the pushcart vendors. He's described as "...already an old man. No one knew how old." He also doesn't have a home technically, choosing to camp out wherever he parks his cart, sleeping under a tarp and cooking his meals on a portable stove.
Am I reading too much into this to think Judith Jean Merrill snuck The Wandering Jew into a YA novel?