- Fiction, Friendship, Friendship in fiction, Juvenile fiction
When Maggie's pet cricket is stolen, she and her friends embark on a search for the "pirate" thief which ensues in a small tragedy, but the making of a new friend.
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Classical in form, spare, earnest and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Ezra Jack Keats
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 34
- Publisher
- Weston Woods, Scholastic Trade, Bt Bound
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780590448529
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About Ezra Jack Keats · 1916–1983
American childrens author and illustrator.
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