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Leaving Maggie Hope

by Anthony S. Abbott · 2003

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This debut novel by an award-winning poet won the 2003 Novello Literary Award; Lee Smith calls it the most moving coming-of-age story I have read in many years.

Genre
coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisboarding schoolboarding schoolMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 177 pages

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