When They Tore Down the Palace Trade Book (Hardcover)

Written by Adria Quiñones | Illustrated by Richy Sanchez Ayala

The Palace, an old-time movie theater, stands on the corner of Broadway and 181st Street in New York City. When construction crews tear it down, behind the dusty rubble appears a new world with new possibilities for a boy and girl looking out their apartment window. Soon they begin sending...

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Price $16.95

Full Description

The Palace, an old-time movie theater, stands on the corner of Broadway and 181st Street in New York City. When construction crews tear it down, behind the dusty rubble appears a new world with new possibilities for a boy and girl looking out their apartment window. Soon they begin sending window messages to kids across the way, forming a friendship that they know will last long after a new theater is built, blocking their view of each other's home.
Product Details
  • Sku WW - NL5488
  • Series Reycraft Books
  • Product Variation National
  • Language English
  • Genre Fiction
Author & Illustrator
  • Adria Quiñones

    Adria Quiñones is a lifelong New Yorker of Puerto Rican and Spanish heritage. She is author of the Amaya Nuñez trilogy. Adria lives in Washington Heights, where she likes to watch the tugboats on the Hudson and the traffic on the George Washington Bridge.

  • Richy Sanchez Ayala

    Richy Sanchez Ayala is from the Dominican Republic. He moved to the United States to attend college and obtained his Masters Degree in Visual Development at Academy of Arts University in San Francisco. His illustrations celebrate his Caribbean heritage and his ideas of a bright future through the use of digital painting.

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