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Drawing from the personal journals of john smith, american book award winner joseph bruchac reveals an important chapter of history through the eyes of two legendary figures. Twelveyearold mary and her older brother and sister tend the family farm on michigans. Homeless bird ebook 9780061975820 by gloria whelan. It is the spring of 1818 and mary oshea has returned from england to her beloved mackinac island.
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