| Description |
147 pages ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Note |
"A Richard Jackson book"--Half title. |
| Summary |
When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to Peconic Bay to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she meets a friend who suggests making a miniature village in the sand. |
| Awards |
Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Award Winner, 1989. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.
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Aunts. |
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Beaches -- Juvenile fiction.
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Beaches. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0531057887 |
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9780531057889 |
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0531083888 (library binding) |
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9780531083888 (library binding) |
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