A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to will be their permanent home. -- bookshare.org Janey Larkin once had a home. But that was before the drought. Now Janey and her parent are migrants, picking crops in the San Joaquin valley in California, moving on every few months. They have little more than the clothes on their back - except for the Blue Willow Plate which to Janey stands for all beautiful things. Janey longs for a real home, for friends and a regular school. This is a story about doing your best and about finding a home. It is a gentle story with well drawn characters
Doris Gates Libros
Doris Gates, residente de California durante toda su vida, trabajó durante muchos años como bibliotecaria. Sin embargo, se la recuerda principalmente por sus queridos libros infantiles, siendo Blue Willow el más conocido e influyente. Esta obra es considerada la primera novela realista para niños que abordó problemas significativos. Fue reconocida tanto por su perdurable mérito literario como por ampliar el abanico de temas aptos para la literatura infantil.


