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//-->SusanMarcusBends the Rules•JANE CUTLER•Holiday House / New YorkText copyright © 2014 by Jane CutlerAll Rights ReservedHOLIDAY HOUSE is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.www.holidayhouse.comISBN 978-0-8234-3143-4 (ebook)wISBN 978-0-8234-3144-1 (ebook)rLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataCutler, Jane.Susan Marcus bends the rules / by Jane Cutler. — First edition.pages cmSummary: “As a New York-to-Missouri transplant in 1943,ten-year-old Susan Marcus discovers a world of prejudice rightin her own backyard and makes a small but courageousstand toward equality” — Provided by publisher.ISBN 978-0-8234-3047-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)[1. Friendship—Fiction. 2. Prejudices—Fiction. 3. Toleration—Fiction.4. Family life—Missouri—Fiction. 5. African Americans—Fiction.6. Moving, Household—Fiction.7. Missouri—History—20th century—Fiction.]I. Title.PZ7.C985Su 2014[Fic]—dc232013023665For my grandson, LeoCHAPTER•1•I was hanging as far as I could out of the third-floor window ofmy grandmother’s Manhattan apartment and craning my neckto look west. I could see slices of the Hudson River throughsome trees, but across the river, the cliffs of New Jersey blockedmy view of the rest of the country.And I was yelling at Judy Wasserman who lives up on fivethrough my empty soup can, connected by string to hers—homemade phones. I couldn’t tell if they worked or not,because we were both yelling so loud we could hear each otherjust fine without any help.“All I can see is New Jersey,” I hollered.“I told you,” she hollered back.Just then, my cousin Barbara tugged at the back of my skirt.“You’re going to fall out and kill yourself,” she said. “And don’tyell out the window. It’s not nice.”“I gotta go,” I yelled, letting go of my phone so Judy couldpull it up.“Okay, bye,” Judy yelled, letting go of her phone so I couldpull it in.The tin cans rattled down the front of the building and clat-tered onto the sidewalk. I ducked in fast in case anyone downbelow wondered who was throwing junk out of the window.1
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