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Chill wind

Janet McDonald

2002134 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux · 134 pages · ENGISBN 9780374399580
  • 2003Thorndike Press · 165 pages · ENGISBN 9780786255023
  • 2004Collins · 151 pages · ENGISBN 9780007163489
  • 2006Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417699414
  • 2006Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) · 144 pages · ENGISBN 9780374411831

Afraid that she will have no where to go when her welfare checks are stopped, nineteen-year-old high school dropout Aisha tries to figure out how she can support herself and her two young children in New York City.

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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