AGNES PARKER... GIRL IN PROGRESS
Kathleen O'Dell, . . Puffin, $5.99 ( , $5.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-14-240228-3
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Reviewed on: 11/22/2004
Genre: Children's
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