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After being removed from an orphanage, twelve-year‑old Tree is sent to work on a North Dakota farm in 1926. In the harsh, rural setting he must find a place where he and his resilient younger brother can belong and thrive.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Coming of Age/Childhood Coming of Age
Authors: Margaret Brooke
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