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Tuesday, January 15, 2008


STARTED & FINISHED:

Paulsen, Gary. (2007). Lawn Boy. New York: Wendy Lamb/Random House.


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Heide, Florence Parry. (1984). Treehorn's wish. New York: Holiday House.


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Posted by Eric at 5:53 PM
Labels: boy, coming of age, family, humor, parents, reluctant readers, short stories

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