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Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story

by Janet Beeler Shaw · 1988

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Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.

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MinnesotaMinnesotaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 67 pages

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