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Paper Moon

by Joe David Brown · 1971

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Basis for movie "Paper Moon."

Genre
historical fictionhumorcoming of age
Themes
movies
Setting
American SouthUSA
Subject
history
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 308 pages

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