Schroff, Laura.

An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny / Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski. - 1st Howard Books trade pbk. ed. - New York : Howard Books, 2012. - xviii, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes reader's guide.

Machine generated contents note: Spare Change -- The First Day -- One Good Break -- The Birthday Present -- The Baseball Glove -- Is That It? -- A Mother's Song -- A Father's Legacy -- The Brown Paper Bag -- The Big Table -- The Missed Appointment -- Outside Looking In -- Bittersweet Miracle -- A Simple Recipe -- The New Bicycle -- The Winter Coat -- The Dark Forest -- One Last Test -- The Greatest Gift. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.

ISBN: 9781451642513 1451642512 145164292X (ebk.) 9781451642926 (ebk.) 9781451648973 (pbk.) 1451648979

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sales executives
Women, White
Poor children
African American boys
Friendship
Children and adults

LC Class. No.: F128.56 / .S37 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 974.7/1