Walking to School

About this book

Walking to school can be hard if you live in Belfast Northern Ireland. Its downright dangerous if youre a Catholic like Allison and the shortest route to your school goes through a Protestant neighborhood. But sometimes a ray of kindness cuts through the violence. Thats what happens when a demonstrator rips a brass button off Allisons new school blazer and a Protestant girl not only retrieves the button but returns it to Allison. Once again as in FLY AWAY HOME and the caldecott-winning SMOKY NIGHT Eve Bunting finds a way to explore a complicated contemporary situation in terms that any young reader can immediately grasp.