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Gentle Julia

Newton Booth Tarkington

Publisher: AB Books

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Summary

Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkington's Indiana of the early 20th Century.
Available since: 05/12/2018.

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