Dancing in Cadillac Light - Softcover

Holt, Kimberly Willis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0698119703 ISBN 13: 9780698119703

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2003

Synopsis

1968 looks like it'll be a pretty good year for Jaynell Lambert. The town's going to pave the dirt road she lives on, her girly-girl sister, Racine, isn't driving her completely crazy, and Grandpap has just moved in with his new emerald green Cadillac convertible. Jaynell and Grandpap have something special. But why won't Grandpap tell her the reason he visits with the dirt-poor Pickens family on the other side of town? When Jaynell finds out Grandpap's secret, the legacy of an old man transforms a family, and a town.

"At once gritty and poetic, stark and sentimental . . . a solid page turner. Holt once again displays her remarkable gift."(School Library Journal, starred review)

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Eleven-year-old Jaynell is taught to stay away from the Pickens—the poor family from the wrong side of the tracks. Fact is, nobody in Moon, Texas, has much, but everybody is real aware of who's got what and how much. Except Grandpap. He always makes time to visit with the Pickens, even after he buys a '62 emerald green Cadillac convertible. When Grandpap dies, Jaynell learns a secret about Grandpap that changes the way she will look at poverty forever.

From the Back Cover:

"Set against a backdrop of a small town in Texas in 1968, Kimberly Willis
Holt's fourth novel brims with the wisdom and humor that have become her
trademarks." -Kirkus

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0698119703
• ISBN 13: 9780698119703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176