| Author | Ruth Sawyer |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Valenti Angelo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | October 1936 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 186 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
Roller Skates is a book by Ruth Sawyer that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1937. It deals with the author's New York childhood.
Plot summary
The story takes place in New York City in the 1890s, during the year of 10-year-old Lucinda's "orphanage." That's Lucinda's word for her situation when her parents go to Italy and leave her in the care of Miss Peters and Miss Nettie. Lucinda, enjoying her freedom, explores the city on roller skates and makes friends wherever she goes. She reads Shakespeare with her uncle, puts on her own production of The Tempest, creates a wonderful Christmas for a little girl from an impoverished family, helps a family protect their fruit stand from attacks by rowdy boys, and has picnics in a vacant lot , amongst other adventures
| Preceded by Caddie Woodlawn |
Newbery Medal recipient 1937 |
Succeeded by The White Stag |
