Gamble Street

Fiction & Literature, Family Life
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Author: Madinah K. Wakil ISBN: 9781491722350
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: April 8, 2014
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Madinah K. Wakil
ISBN: 9781491722350
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: April 8, 2014
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Ten blocks long, Gamble Street is completely integrated and diverse. Charlotte Hayess family was one of the first white families to move into the neighborhood, and Noah Piedmonts was the first African American family to arrive on Gamble Street. Now Charlotte and Noah, both twelve years old, are the best of friends, drawing on each others strengths to make the most out of life. Noah, confined to a wheelchair since an accident years ago, and Charlotte play an integral role in their bustling neighborhoodfrom the annual Gamble Street picnic to the summer block party. As with most close-knit neighborhoods, they know everyone. Theres Mr. Drysdale, the literature teacher at Trenton East Middle School; Jedidia Newby, the thirteen-year-old leader of the neighborhood youth group; Aunt Penny, the Hayeses sixtyish live-in housekeeper; Charlotte and Noahs good friend Leo Scott; and a host of others. Everyone lives somewhere they call home, and for the residents of Gamble Street, home is where the heart is, as well as the adventures and unexpected surprises that make life more interesting.

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Ten blocks long, Gamble Street is completely integrated and diverse. Charlotte Hayess family was one of the first white families to move into the neighborhood, and Noah Piedmonts was the first African American family to arrive on Gamble Street. Now Charlotte and Noah, both twelve years old, are the best of friends, drawing on each others strengths to make the most out of life. Noah, confined to a wheelchair since an accident years ago, and Charlotte play an integral role in their bustling neighborhoodfrom the annual Gamble Street picnic to the summer block party. As with most close-knit neighborhoods, they know everyone. Theres Mr. Drysdale, the literature teacher at Trenton East Middle School; Jedidia Newby, the thirteen-year-old leader of the neighborhood youth group; Aunt Penny, the Hayeses sixtyish live-in housekeeper; Charlotte and Noahs good friend Leo Scott; and a host of others. Everyone lives somewhere they call home, and for the residents of Gamble Street, home is where the heart is, as well as the adventures and unexpected surprises that make life more interesting.

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