![]() ![]() ![]() Then one day when Wanda and Walter go sledding, the boy falls through the ice and drowns. Pa's temper boils over frequently in angry words and even physical violence toward Walter. The family survives on the wages her older sister, Victoria, earns as a maid at the mill-owner's home, and tension builds between Pa and Walter, Wanda's adored and protective 15-year-old brother, whom Pa wants to send off to join the Civilian Conservation Corps for pay. ![]() Since Pa got laid off from his job at the cotton mill, ""There were no more jokes and no more ice cream cones,"" notes Wanda, the fifth grader through whose eyes the story unfolds. First-time author Recorvits makes a poised and confident debut with this bittersweet Depression-era tale of a Polish immigrant family. ![]()
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