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Hear it
By George Ella Lyon
Publisher Orchard Books
Borrowed Children
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Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mamas illness, twelveyearold Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mamas illness, twelveyearold Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family

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31197 words31,197 words
154 pages154 pages
Lexile 580LLexile 580L
Grade 5 to 7Grade 5 to 7
Published 1988Published 1988

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Book ISBN:

0531057518

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