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My Year

by Roald Dahl · 1993

Roald Dahl's Autobiography series

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The author combines reminiscences of his early years with month-by-month reflections on the changing seasons.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 63 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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