Risk n' roses /
Jan Slepian.
- New York : Philomel Books, 1990.
- 175 p ; 22 cm.
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In 1948, newly-moved to the Bronx, eleven-year-old Skip longs to shed her responsibility for her mentally handicapped older sister and give her whole attention to her new friendship with the bold and daring girl who sems to run the neighborhood.