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The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
Anonym bruger: this is about a cricket that was took by the subway to NYC and makes new friends! A boy named Mario finds the cricket and keeps him as a pet! the cricket helps with their work at the subway.
bluehighlighter: Featuring a similar, slyly comic writing style, that "New York" feeling in the prose and dialogue, and some form of rebellion against a large and cantankerous foe.
Mx first chapter book-only b/c it was the one we had laying around. Not in love with story-about two groups of people fighting over petty stuff, but it is what it is. Mx liked to read this book, but they may have just been for the quality time with daddy.
Surprisingly sophisticated and insightful for a book targeted at nine year olds. Portrays some of the depth behind the famous Pushcart War and conflict in general, without compromising the good-vs-bad narrative that makes the whole thing so damned enjoyable. ( )
Remember when, in elementary school, library books were signed out using cards located in little pockets in the back of the book? Well, my name was written multiple times on the card of this book in my elementary school library I read it so many times. Love this book! ( )
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FOR Milton, Martin, Morris, Moses, the two Michaels, and the other truck drivers I have known in and around Tompkins Square Park, AND FOR Mary, who will always blow up a picture if necessary
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As the author says in her introduction, it is very important to the peace of the world that we understand how wars begin. (FOREWORD, by Professor Lyman Cumberly, December 2, 2036)
As it has been only ten years since the Pushcart War, I was surprised when one of my nephews a few months ago looked puzzled at the mention of a Mighty Mammoth. (INTRODUCTION, Jean F. Merrill, October 14, 2036)
The Pushcart War started on the afternoon of March 15, 1998, when a truck ran down a pushcart belonging to a flower peddler.
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"That is what we fought the war for," Maxie says, "so that there should always be a few pushcarts in the city of New York."
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
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