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"Book about boy who wants to be a writer/poet has to work on the railroad and has an abusive father. Boy ends up working at a newspaper with his uncle, the newspaper building gets burned down. It's for kids"
February 25, 2026
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick
2011
★ 4.2
1 edition
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi
1990
★ 4.2
48 editions
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Related Readings
Avi, Linda Grant De Pauw, Richard Henry Dana, Jay Parini, Charlotte Pomerantz, Lorna Dee Cervantes
1998
★ 4.2
3 editions
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle with Connections
Avi, Nereida Romain, Lensey Namioka, Langston Hughes, Wallace Irwin, Bruce Coville
1998
★ 4.2
2 editions
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
1976
★ 4.2
70 editions
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and Related Readings
Mildred D. Taylor, Richard Wormser, Isabel Joshlin Glaser, Liliana Heker, Gerda Lerner, Countee Cullen, Jim Wong-Chu, Jesse Stuart, Yvonne Perry
1997
★ 4.2
2 editions
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Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
1972
★ 4.2
103 editions
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Bridge to Terabithia [play]
Katherine Paterson, Stephanie S. Tolan
1992
★ 4.2
1 edition
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Bridge to Terabithia and related readings
Katherine Paterson, Langston Hughes
2000
★ 4.2
1 edition
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