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The bicycle man

by David L. Dudley · 2005

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In poor, rural Georgia in 1927, twelve-year-old Carrisa and her suspicious mama take in an elderly drifter with a shiny bicycle, never expecting how profoundly his wise and patient ways will affect them.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisGeorgiaGeorgiaMore like thisLess of thisruralruralMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 249 pages

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