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The Murder of Hound Dog Bates

by Robbie Branscum · 1982

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When Sassafras Bates finds his dog dead, he suspects that one of his three spinster aunts is the murderer.

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Themes
dogsdogsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisArkansasArkansasMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 90 pages

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