Across Five Aprils By Irene Hunt
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Jethro Creighton was nine years old when the Civil War began the mid of April 1861.He
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Mr's Lynda Murphys Sparknotes
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One For The Murphy's By Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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Jethro Creighton In Across Five Aprils By Irene Hunt
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Cold Sassy Tree By Olive Ann Burns
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt And Ray Bradbury's All Summer In A Day
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When Chickenheads Come Home To Roast By Joan Morgan
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Why I Live At The Po By Eudora Welty
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