Dream something big : the story of the Watts Towers

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Information & Library Science Library — Juvenile

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JE Aston
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Available

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Summary

Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery and a dream to do something big into an American national landmark. Young readers can watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in a stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this 34-year journey becomes a mesmerising testament to perseverance and possibility.

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