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The Year of Janie's Diary follows a teenage girl as she works through the awkward stages of adolescence toward adulthood. Idolizing her older sister, she finds that the sister’s life is not as flawless as it seems. Each entry captures the shifts in Janie's world and her personal development during a transformative year.
First publish date: 1965
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Donna Balcombe
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