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I am new to Zilpha Keatley Snyder with an odd, long name but see that she is award-winning through other novels. This 1974 one didn't need to be set in 1938 and doesn't feel like it is in 1938, thus I don't know the authoress' purpose but most of it felt relevant. A strong, sour exception was one teacher's attitude about allowing children to fight, thinking it does any good. She would be fired in present day. The only other distinction is that families drove the Model-T Ford, the first commercia
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