Scooter

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Elana is thrilled to be living all the way up on the eighth floor of 514 Melon Hill Avenue, an apartment building in New York City. But with her new life come changes--and challenges. Is her shiny scooter up to the crags and potholes of city sidewalks Will she be able to make new friends Can she find a way to help out little Petey, who everyone says doesn't talk And will the kids from Melon Hill win any blue ribbons at the Borough-Wide Field Day

As Elana coasts toward discoveries and surprises in her new home, she keeps one thing in mind: Anything can happen as long as you have a winning attitude and a cool set of wheels!

Elana Rose Rosen and her mother have just moved to a new apartment, and this is Elana's story about the event-filled summer that follows and the new neighbors and friends that become an important part of her life. "A pleasure to read....A story, told with tremendous inventiveness, of the satisfactions and intellectual excitements of childhood, of the worlds seen, explained and illustrated through the remarkable eyes of a remarkable girl."--New York Times Book Review.

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"A delightful character." -- "The Horn Book"An upbeat, innovative, delightfully engaging, and beautifully crafted first novel about everyday life in the inner city." (Pointer review)"-- Kirkus Reviews""A story, told with tremendous inventiveness, of the excitements of childhood, explained and illustrated through the remarkable eyes of a remarkable girl.""-- The New York Times Book Review"

Author Bio

Vera B. Williams is the creator of many award-winning and beloved picture books, including the Caldecott Honor book A Chair for My Mother. She was recently awarded the prestigious NSK Neustadt Prize for Childrens Literature. Vera B. Williams lives in New York City.