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My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

by Patricia Polacco · 1994

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After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to her obnoxious older brother, a young girl makes a wish on a falling star.

Genre
literary fictionhumor
Themes
childhoodfamilysiblingsdiversityrelationships
Setting
1990s
Subject
biography
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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