New York: Dell- Laurel Leaf, (1996.). Young adult novel originally published in 1972 by this award-winning writer - the story of an unlikely friendship between two teenage girls, 14 year old Phyllisia who finds New York City dirty and overwhelming and still misses her Caribbean Island and 15 year old Edith, who wears clothes too big, has no parents, steals and knows nothing of school. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-440-226678.