- Tomboys, Juvenile fiction, Teacher-student relationships in literature, Adolescence
A rebellious New York teenager, having fallen in love with her poetry teacher, plans to rescue him from poverty.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Barbara Wersba
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 175
- Publisher
- Dell, Harper & Row, Pan Horizons
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780440991731
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