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Not Under the Law - cover

Not Under the Law

Grace Livingston Hill

Publisher: e-artnow

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Summary

Joyce Radway lives with her aunt's family under strict rules. She is preparing for her final exams in order to become a teacher. She leaves the house without permission to go to school, but on her way she walks in on a gang of thieves. Joyce escapes and gets pursued by the criminals so she leaves town, and her family believes that she is kidnapped and accuses the local baseball legend Darcy Sherwood. The search for Joyce reveals some other mysteries going under the law.
Available since: 06/07/2022.
Print length: 242 pages.

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