The summer she's twelve, Margaret Rose Kane must confront a catastrophe brewing in her own backyard. For the last forty-five years, her beloved great-uncles have been building three giant towers from scrap metal and shards of glass and porcelain. Now, the towers have been declared a blight on the neighborhood. Even worse, the city council has voted to have them destroyed. Margaret is outraged . . .
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A companion novel to the award-winning author's acclaimed Silent to the Bone, Outcasts is strikingly unique, incredibly interesting, and, with references to "Bartleby the Scrivener", and the rose windows of Notre Dame, exceptionally literary. In other words, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place is vintage Konigsburg. This quirky masterpiece will be enjoyed by young fans of Konigsburg’s other erudite works, and Polly Horvath’s The Canning Season.. (Ages 10 and older)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: Atheneum [2004]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. NEW, in a new dust jacket. A pristine unread copy. SIGNED by author on title page (name only). Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ann4