The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg

Luckily for her, with her parents in Peru, this means she can spend the rest of the summer with her delightfully eccentric Hungarian great-uncles, Alexander and Morris Rose. The intimidating and cruel confrontations that threaten to break Margaret's spririt only serve to strengthen her resolve, and everyone is happy when Margaret is finally banished/rescued from Camp Talequa. Not only does she refuse to bend to the will of her manipulative cabin mates at Camp Talequa, she stands up to and inadvertently insults the camp director and Queen-in-residence, Mrs. Twelve year old Margaret Rose Kane is incorrigible. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.

This companion story to the acclaimed Silent to the Bone is a rousing tale of art, history, and the fierce preservation of individuality, as only the incomparable E. And Margaret Rose is determined to make sure they always will. They sing of the joy of making something big and beautiful out of bits and pieces of integrity but perhaps most important of all, they sing of history. She knows the towers for what they truly are: irreplaceable works of art.

Even worse, the city council has voted to have them destroyed.

But now, bowing to pressures from some powerful home owners, the towers have been declared a blight on the neighborhood.

Little does she know, the Uncles themselves are in need of a rescue.įor the last forty-five years, the Uncles have been building three giant towers in their backyard from scrap metal and shards of glass and porcelain. The summer she's twelve - the same year that Cabbage Patch dolls are popular, that Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, that El Niño affects weather patterns worldwide and causes disasters on almost every continent of the planet Earth - Margaret Rose Kane must confront a catastrophe brewing in her own backyard.įreshly rescued from a miserable experience at Camp Talequa, where she was housed with seven cruel cabin mates, Margaret is looking forward to spending the rest of her summer with her beloved great-uncles, Morris and Alexander.

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg