This must have been a pretty progressive book for 1967, when it was written: in a California college town, a white girl and a black girl become best friends and also befriend Chinese and Japanese American kids, the latter of whom is described as an "all-American boy". What I definitely did not remember was how racially diverse this book was and how many quite realistic childhood/adult relationships are addressed. I can't remember when I read this, but what I did remember was the dramatic Egyptian-inspired funeral for a small dead pet (I didn't remember what), including the illustration-and I'm impressed how good my memory of that illustration was.
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