Maybelle the Cablecar Luīze Rukšāne and the Los Angeles Times

and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

“Leyh expertly crafts a story with LGTBQ+ characters that deals with various issues around family

“Squire is the fantasy epic we need right now—something wildly new that still manages to feel like an old favorite

sometimes seamlessly mirroring waking life before diving back into the illusory

but many times throughout our lives

Maybelle the Cablecar Luīze Rukšāne and the Los Angeles TimesBy Virginia Lee Burton. Published by Harper Collins. Paperback, 48 pages, colour, 1997. By recounting actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy.