A Trainful of Strangers

by Eleanor Means Hull

A group of children from different parts of New York City become acquainted when their subway train breaks down in the middle of the tunnel.

114 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Jae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Susan is hella racist, and reading her parts was very uncomfortable. I think this book was trying to illustrate the humanness of lots of different types of people. The parts from Terry's point of view, I think, did a decent job of showing how colorblind or well-intentioned racism is still racism and still hurts, but obviously as a white person I can't really make that call. I don't know the race of the author, but the book came off kind of like The Help in that it felt like a white lady speaking for people of color. I did end up caring/worrying about the characters though, so good job with that.