2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas California Book Award for Young Adult (Silver) (2003) the era that was a

the era that was a forebear of the Tiananmen Square uprising

they also contain the seeds of systemic catastrophe

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Lewis at his darkest and most playful

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas California Book Award for Young Adult (Silver) (2003) the era that was aA sparkling, enchanting, one of a kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable charactersMadeleine Altimari is a sassy, smart mouthed nine year old and an aspiring jazz singer, inwardly mourning the recent death of her mother. Little does she know that on Christmas Eve Eve she is about to have the most extraordinary day and night of her life. After bravely facing down some mean spirited classmates and a galling rejection at school,