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The Second Life of Abigail Walker

by Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Second Life of Abigail Walker by Frances O'Roark Dowell X
The Second Life of Abigail Walker by Frances O'Roark Dowell
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  • First Published:
    Aug 2012, 240 pages

    Paperback:
    Aug 2013, 256 pages

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It is an ideal book for 6th and 5th graders cause it has good descriptions and figures of speech.
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I loved this book. But it was kinda sad because people judged her on how much she weighed. But the ending was happy.
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