Catch Calico!

by Chester Aaron

ISBN: 0525275517
ISBN-13: 9780525275510
Format: Reinforced Hardcover

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 1979
Ages: 7 to 9
Pages: 148

Synopses

A fourteen-year-old not only suspects his grandfather is dying but is also haunted by the memories of his dead father and a wild cat named Calico.

Publisher's Notes

A fourteen-year-old not only suspects his grandfather is dying but is also haunted by the memories of his dead father and a wild cat named Calico.

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