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  • Book Review: Have Courage, Hazel Green

    HAVE COURAGE, HAZEL GREEN

    Kirkus Reviews
    May 1, 2006

    Spunky Hazel Green returns for a third adventure, again set in her
    urban apartment house and involving adults as much as the children.

    When Mr. Davis, the new head of the Moodey Building Owner's Committee,
    says, "I don't like your kind" to Mr. Egozian, the maintenance man,
    Hazel knows it's wrong. But her efforts to right that wrong bring
    her serious trouble. Supported by her mathematical friend, Yakov, and
    sympathetic Mrs. Gluck, flower shop owner, she refuses to apologize
    to Mr. Davis as a matter of principle. Even if Mr. Egozian won't
    fight back, she will. From his description of the killing of his
    people nearly a century ago, it seems that Mr. Egozian is Armenian,
    but this is never said directly, and young American readers may be
    confused. Still, Hazel's outrage is clear and appropriate. Readers will
    admire her energy and determination and savor the delicious description
    of specialty foods. This Australian import is certain to be welcome
    in libraries where the other books have been popular. (Fiction. 9-13)

    Publication Date: 6/1/2006 0:00:00 Publisher: Bloomsbury Stage:
    Children's ISBN: 1-58234-659-3 Price: $15.95 Author: Hirsch, Odo
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