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Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776,

by Kristiana Gregory · 2001

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Kristiana Gregory's first My America, book one of Hope's Diary, details in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War.

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionMore like thisLess of thisPhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
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short · 108 pages
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