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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Facts on File
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Ages: 7 to 9
Synopses
In early nineteenth-century Cincinnati, ten-year-old Lucy Lankford eagerly awaits the arrival of her new piano and, along with her recently orphaned cousin Ben Allerton, tries to find out why the school bully is so attached to a worn remnant of flowered fabric.
Publisher's Notes
In early nineteenth-century Cincinnati, ten-year-old Lucy Lankford, eagerly awaits the arrival of her new piano and, along with her recently orphaned cousin, Ben Allerton, tries to find out why the school bully is so attached to a worn remnant of flowered fabric.During the city drought, ten-year-old Lucy, along with her cousin, Ben, befriend the school bully.
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