IT was Patrick Gilligan in his hansom cab who took Lucinda around from the old Gedney House to the Misses Peters' apartment, two flights up.
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Roller skates
by Ruth Sawyer
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The discoveries and adventures of ten-year old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's.
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Roller skating, Newbery Medal, Juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Friendship, Neighborliness, City and town life, Roller-skating, Newbery Award Book 1937, Children's fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Roller skating, fiction, Friendship, fiction, New York (N.Y.)Places
New York (N.Y.), New YorkTimes
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Liberated for a year from her parents' restrictions, ten-year-old Lucinda discovers true freedom in the care of her temporary guardians as she roller skates around the streets of turn-of-the-century New York.
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