The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill

The Pushcart War (A Yearling book)

by Jean Merrill

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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4 of 5 stars

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Hilarious, smart, scathing, charming. Reminds me of the best kinds of books I loved as a kid, but I would have missed so many of the layers as a kid. It was by no means too late to pick it up now. (Courtesy of a good friend of mine, who did love it as a kid.)

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