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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
written and illustrated by Karina Yan Glaser
Ages: 9+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 978-0-544-87639-2
Keywords: Harlem, Community, Family
When a large, happy family living on a friendly Harlem block is being forced to move by their mysterious, curmudgeonly landlord, the children devise a plan. Will it work? Spot pencil sketches. Map on the end papers.