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Through the diary of 10-year-old Victoria Cope, we learn about the arrival of ragged Mary Anna, one of the thousands of impoverished British children who were sent to Canada at the beginning of the century.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Jean Little
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 221
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780439988346
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About Jean Little · 1932
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