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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, Tandem Library, Hyperion Books for Children
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- Chinese, English, gre, French
- ISBN
- 9781428116849
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First sentence
“THE DAY AFTER MY MOTHER died, the priest and I wrapped her body in a gray shroud and carried her to the village church.”
About Avi · 1937
Edward Irving Worti (born on December 23, 1937), better known as Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature.
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