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When Julie’s mother passes away, she is sent to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher who becomes a guiding presence in her life. Following Julie through the span of her adolescence, the story follows her emotional and personal development as she ages from seven to eighteen.
First publish date: 1966
Genre: Coming of Age/Teen Coming of Age
Authors: Irene Hunt
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