Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro
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Beginning in 1959, Abby, nearly eleven, writes a series of letters to Jackie Kennedy, each with sketches of outfits she has designed, as she faces family problems, concerns about neighbors, and her own desperate desire for both her first bra and a Barbie doll.
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good submitted by karenkay on July 28, 2012, 9:51pm Well written, keeps you interested. Writer used sketches from her own childhood.
PUBLISHED
New York : Holiday House, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 261 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 710
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780823423408
0823423409
SUBJECTS
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, -- 1929-1994 -- Fiction.
Family life -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Adolescence -- Fiction.
Fashion design -- Fiction.
Neighborhoods -- Fiction.
Jews -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Letters -- Fiction.
Massachusetts -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.