The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place is a 2004 young adult novel by E. L. Konigsburg
. The novel tells the story of Margaret Rose Kane, a 12-year-old girl, who is a victim of pranks made by the other girls at Camp Talequa and leaves to spend the summer with her two uncles. Her uncles have spent 45 years creating beautiful and elegant porcelain towers, but the government demands them torn down. This story shows how Margaret fights for history,art and her family's possessions. The character Margaret Rose Kane first appeared as an adult in Konigsburg's 2000 Novel, Silent to the Bone http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=351641&agid=8.
The book offers many diverse themes to use in enrichment including: relational aggression, time idioms, prefixes, activism, folk art appreciation, community development and family strife issues.
"A great, and emotional novel," reviewers report.
E. L. Konigsburg
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of five authors to win two Newbery Medals, awarded annually for one contribution to American children's literature.Her first two manuscripts were submitted to editor Jean E...
. The novel tells the story of Margaret Rose Kane, a 12-year-old girl, who is a victim of pranks made by the other girls at Camp Talequa and leaves to spend the summer with her two uncles. Her uncles have spent 45 years creating beautiful and elegant porcelain towers, but the government demands them torn down. This story shows how Margaret fights for history,art and her family's possessions. The character Margaret Rose Kane first appeared as an adult in Konigsburg's 2000 Novel, Silent to the Bone http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=351641&agid=8.
The book offers many diverse themes to use in enrichment including: relational aggression, time idioms, prefixes, activism, folk art appreciation, community development and family strife issues.
"A great, and emotional novel," reviewers report.