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Name: The brightest light
Author: Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

📘 The brightest light by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

The story follows a young girl from West Virginia who takes on the role of babysitter for a local family. While watching over the children, she becomes implicated in the family’s domestic problems, learning responsibility, empathy, and the complexities of everyday life in rural Appalachia.

First publish date: 1992

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

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