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Captain Tinker, the school's headmaster, sends Jenny Linsky, a young girl, to a boarding school for the summer. However, when another student frightens her, Jenny tries to run away. She ends up at the school's boarding house, where she is initially greeted by the school's mascot, a cat.
First publish date: 1947
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Esther Holden Averill
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