The World in Grandfather's Hands

Eleven-year-old Jimmy is upset when he and his mother must move from the pueblo to the city after his father's death, but his grandfather's patient philosophy of life helps Jimmy find good things about the city and slowly adjust to this new life. "Fine contemporary fiction set in an unnamed part of the Southwest. . . . Strete creates a world of bitter, bewildered people who find serenity from their inner resources." -- School Library Journal, starred review


Genre: Children's Fiction