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Allison
By Say, Allen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39585-895-0
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1997
PreS-Gr 3 As he did in Stranger in the Mirror (Houghton, 1995), Say uses a glimpsed reflection to probe the ramifications of recognition. In the earlier title, the subject was aging; here, Say turns to adoption. When readers first encounter Allison, she is opening a package containing a red kimono just like the one worn by her doll. The whole family faces a mirror for her to see herself in her new garment, and she sees that her doll's hair is "straight and dark like hers." When she realizes that she does not look like her mother or father, her smile fades. Qu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
