![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It subtly lays out a narrative for letting people in, like when this kid tells Tutti he doesn’t understand why others don’t like Ms Ice Sandwich, and Tutti, for her part, lets him know about her passion for films. The only one who knows is his grandma and his new friend Tutti who he starts to develop a deeper friendship with. But to this boy, she’s still beautiful because that is how he sees her. Since it’s mostly from the innocently naive perspective of this kid, we don’t know until midway that she’s had facial reconstruction done and most of the other people find her repulsive. He adores her in the way children sometimes adore an adult – he finds her beautiful and finds her way of skillfully packaging sandwich orders fascinating. So this kid finds the sandwich lady at his local supermarket fascinating – mostly because of her ice blue eyeshadow color, and large eyes. The narrator is never mentioned by name, so I’ll just refer to him as the kid. Ms Ice Sandwich is a growing up kind of book, told from the eyes of a fourth grade who starts to learn the meaning of loss and perceptions in society. ![]() His visits to Ms Ice Sandwich stop, and with them the last hopes of his childhood. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her “Ms Ice Sandwich”, and endlessly draws her portrait.īut the boy’s friend hears about this hesitant adoration, and suddenly everything changes. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her face. A boy is obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches. ![]()
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