An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
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TextPublisher: New York Howard Books 2012Copyright date: ©2011Edition: First Howard Books trade paperback editionDescription: xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9781451648973 (pbk.); 1451648979 (pbk.)Subject(s): Schroff, Laura | Mazyck, Maurice | Children and adults -- Case studies | Friendship -- Case studies | African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Poor children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Women, White -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Sales executives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- BiographyGenre/Form: Case studies. | Biographies. DDC classification: 974.71 S381I | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes reader's guide.
Foreword / by Valerie Salembier -- Spare change -- The first day -- One good break -- The birthday present -- The baseball glove -- Is that it? -- A mother's song -- A father's legacy -- The brown paper bag -- The big table -- The missed appointment -- Outside looking in -- Bittersweet miracle -- A simple recipe -- The new bicycle -- The winter coat -- The dark forest -- One last test -- The greatest gift -- Epilogue: Love, Maurice.
He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.
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