Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered

Gary Paulsen. Yearling Books, $5.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-440-40994-6

``A hearty helping of old-fashioned, rip-roaring entertainment,'' said PW about this post-WWII story of an 11-year-old boy sent to spend the summer on his relatives' farm. Ages 8-12. (May)

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