WATER TALES: Two Novels, Aquamarine & Indigo
Alice Hoffman, . . Scholastic, $5.99 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-439-47414-6
Two best friends share a mysterious secret in
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Reviewed on: 03/17/2003
Genre: Children's
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