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When Tiá Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Valerie Tripp
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