The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

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Call Number: J Fiction / Konigsburg, E. L.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Konigsburg, E. L.	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.

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The Power of Civil Disobedience submitted by skcramer on July 15, 2013, 8:15pm After being rescued from a cruel summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane settles in to spend the summer with her beloved great-uncles and the three amazing towers that occupy their suburban garden but soon learns that these towers are in danger of being demolished by the city because they threaten the “historical integrity” of the neighborhood. Through Konigsberg’s elegant descriptions and the cast of quirky, lovable adults who share their memories of these towers, readers too will grow to love the towers and cheer Margaret on in her mission to save them. Weaving flashbacks of Margaret’s camp ordeal with her struggle to save the towers, Konigsberg takes on some challenging topics – authoritarianism, civil disobedience, and the definition and importance of art and history – but mostly keeps these concepts grounded in the engrossing story.