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Arabel's Raven

by Joan Aiken · 1972

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The first story about Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer. In Arabel's Raven, Mr Jones, while driving his taxi, notices something bedraggled in the road. He stops and discovers an injured raven. He takes it home and his four-year-old daughter Arabel falls in love at first sight. 'His name is Mortimer,' she announces and Mortimer has found a home. A series of thefts and a robber quarrel are only two of the dramas in this delightful tale in which Mortimer and Arabel find their ways straight to the reader's heart.

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This story was originally published in the collection, Tales of Arabel's Raven.

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childrensmiddle gradepicture booksyoung adult
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short · 76 pages
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