- Aging, Aging in fiction, Children's stories, Envejecimiento
A surprising encounter between a young girl and a family which is cursed with everlasting life develops into a deep friendship. Lovely prose and a lovely thought provoking story.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Natalie Babbitt
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Thorndike Press, Educational Impressions
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780395732670
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