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Following My Own Footsteps

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When Gordy Smith and his down-and-out family go to live with his rich grandmother, Gordy brings with him all the hostilities of an abused child whose drunken father has beaten him regularly. His no-nonsense grandmother and his friendship with a boy who uses a wheelchair change his perspective and life. The author, Mary Downing Hahn is a former children''s librarian.

Themes
childhood
Setting
USA
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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