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With her mother in prison for killing her father, seventeen-year-old Jane seeks to escape her past and find self-reliance by breeding rabbits on their Arkansas homestead. The novel explores themes of family problems, loneliness, and the importance of self-sufficiency.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Lynn Hall
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