The Wall People: In Search of a Home
- ISBN-10
- 0689310900
- ISBN-13
- 9780689310904
- Category
- Apartment houses
- Pages
- 152
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Joseph J. DiCerto
Description
The Calabashes, a family of five-inch people who live between the walls and ceilings of New York apartment buildings, endure the various trials of city life, moving to a new home during a thunderstorm and foiling a burglar intent on killing the human family living below them.
Get the book
Similar books
-
The Wall People
By AnneMarie DappThe Wall People is a book about redemption; it is the story of a broken woman confronting herself and the world in which we all live.
-
Wall: The People's Story
By Christopher HiltonIn this astonishing book, journalist Christopher Hilton has collected together the individual stories of those whose lives it affected, including international politicians, American and British soldiers, East German border guards and, most ...
-
Hero 41: The People in the Wall
By Sam Penant... people on the wall. They're groaning.' I couldn't hear them this time, and Cat can't have either because she said ... people are starting to sing.' 'No, they've fallen silent. But look.' We looked. And saw.
-
Trafficked Young People: Breaking the Wall of Silence
By Jenny J. Pearce, Patricia Hynes, Silvie BovarnickThese child protection plans were monitored by an independent reviewing officer, who would chair the child protection conferences relating to the case. In addition, this site had an Airport Protocol, which covered issues relating to ...
-
Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall
By Krista SchlyerBut what about the wall's effect on animals? Krista Schlyer vividly shows us that this largely isolated natural area, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, is also host to a number of rare ecosystems.
-
The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories
By Jean-Paul SartreSet during the Spanish Civil War, the title story crystallizes the famous philosopher’s existentialism. 'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution.
-
The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption's Wake
By Glenn HubbardAs this compelling book shows, our nation is going to need bridges to help people get through the unavoidable transformations.
-
Trafficked Young People: Breaking the Wall of Silence
By Jenny J. Pearce, Patricia Hynes, Silvie BovarnickTrafficked Young People explores the way child care practitioners identify, understand and work with the problems faced by people who have been trafficked.
-
Off the Wall Contrarian Quotes for People in Recovery
By Tuchy Palmieri"Off The Wall Contrarian Quotes for people in recovery" The 12 step movements are filled with proverbs, sayings and slogans that combine to provide kernels of truth.
-
Beyond the Wall: The People Communism Can't Conquer
By Don Richardson, Hank PaulsonBeyond the Wall: The People Communism Can't Conquer