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Mystery in the Pirate Oak

by Helen Fuller Orton · 1949

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Chad and Ellie discover they are not alone in their search for a silver box with unknown contents, placed in the hollow of an oak tree sixty years earlier.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 114 pages

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