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"A book from the 80’s with a parent abandoning their kids who then walk the countryside trying to find someone to live with"
February 19, 2026
The Long Winter
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The Long Winter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1940
4.2
62 editions
Little House on the Prairie Boxed Set (Little House On the Prairie / Farmer Boy / On the Banks of Plum Creek / the Long Winter / These Happy Golden Years / the First Four Years / By the Shores of Silver Lake / Little House In the Big Woods / Little Town On the Prairie)
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Little House on the Prairie Boxed Set (Little House On the Prairie / Farmer Boy / On the Banks of Plum Creek / the Long Winter / These Happy Golden Years / the First Four Years / By the Shores of Silver Lake / Little House In the Big Woods / Little Town On the Prairie)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1994
4.2
5 editions
The Incredible Journey
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The Incredible Journey

Sheila Burnford

1960
4.2
95 editions
No Cover
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The Incredible Journey The Story Of Three Animals

sheila burnford

1960
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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Rare Sheila BURNFORD 1st edit/1st print The Incredible Journey STATED FIRST EDITION 1961 [Hardcover] Literature) BURNFORD, Sheila [Hardcover] Literature) BURNFORD, Sheila

Sheila Burnford

1961
4.2
1 edition
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls

1961
4.2
57 editions
Where the Red Fern Grows with Connections
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Where the Red Fern Grows with Connections

Wilson Rawls, Rafe Martin, Borden Deal, Felix Salten, Battle, Kemp P., Robert D. Bethke, Courlander, Harold, Maya Angelou, Nicholasa Mohr, Dick Perry, John R. Erickson

2000
4.2
1 edition
Where the Red Fern Grows and Related Readings
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Where the Red Fern Grows and Related Readings

Wilson Rawls, Joan Aiken, Morley Callaghan, William Stafford, Brendan Kennelly, Ryland Loos, Dena Jones Jolma, Gary Soto

1997
4.2
3 editions
No Cover
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Where the Red Fern Grows (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

SparkNotes, Wilson Rawls

2007
4.2
2 editions
No Cover
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Donde Crece el Helecho Rojo / Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls

2023
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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Glencoe Literature Library Study Guide Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls

1999
4.2
1 edition
The Yearling
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The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1938
4.2
65 editions
The Yearling (adaptation)
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The Yearling (adaptation)

Coleen Degnan-Veness, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

2001
4.2
4 editions
The Yearling with Connections
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The Yearling with Connections

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Roald Dahl, Ellen C. Babbitt, Joseph Bruchac, Jonathan London, Richard Severo, Nicholasa Mohr

1998
4.2
3 editions
No Cover
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The Yearling - 1946

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1946
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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The Yearling (modern Library)

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1946
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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THE YEARLING (THE WORLD'S BEST READING)

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1998
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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The Yearling, N.C. Wyeth 1945

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1945
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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The Yearling

N.C. Wyeth Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1939
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Charles Scribners sons 1938 hc no dj

marjorie kinnan rawlings

1938
4.2
1 edition
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