- Fiction, Large type books, Survival, Badgers
A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Allan W. Eckert
- First published
- 1971
- Pages
- 200
- Publisher
- Hamilton, G. K. Hall, Peter Smith Publisher
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780241022535
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