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Tabitha, a young girl, hopes to find a best friend to share her love for rabbits with. She enters her pet rabbit in the county fair, where she becomes the unlikely star of a bizarre rabbit costume contest. However, Tabitha quickly realizes that her newfound popularity comes at a cost and must confront her own fears and doubts.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Christian Fiction/Contemporary Christian Fiction
Authors: Wendy Lord
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