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Take a Good Look

by Jacqueline Wilson · 1990

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Mary, a young blind girl, fed up with the way her family treats her, decides to go down to the sweetshop on her own. But on the way she is kidnapped. Mary must use all her ingenuity to find a way of escaping - and proving to everyone just how capable she is, even without being able to see.

Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisdisabilitydisabilityMore like thisLess of thiskidnappingkidnappingMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 96 pages

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