Joel and Lena, two shy young people, meet one summer, make a pact to keep their friendship a secret, and agree to part forever the day the first leaves begin to fall.
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Patricia MacLachlan is the celebrated author of many timeless books for young readers, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal. Her novels for young readers include Arthur, For the Very First Time; The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt; Skylark; Caleb's Story; More Perfect than the Moon; Grandfather's Dance; Word After Word After Word; Kindred Souls; and The Truth of Me; she is also the author of countless beloved picture books, a number of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily.
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Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, library sticker spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. Seller Inventory # 007567
Seller: Gemini-Books, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
First UK edition. Hardback. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in near Fine condition. Illustrated by Jill Watkins. Translated by Joan Tate. Jacket supplied in new removable clear cover. Seller Inventory # 26177
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 118 pages. Translated by Joan Tate. Originally published in Sweden in 1968 and winner of the 1968 Debutant Prize of the Foundation for the Promotion of Literature. A delicate young teenage love story. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 257723
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English. library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 000737
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Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good +. First English Edition. 118 pages. Dustjacket has very light wear wtih very slight creases to spine-ends & corners. Book has sellotape marks to outer boards & end-papers, stamps to title-page, withdrawn stamp to half-title page which has had top corner torn away, flyleaf pulled out. Light wear with slight creases to spine-ends & corners, page-edges are very slightly darkened. Text is very clean & in nice sound condition. Seller Inventory # 025713
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Seller Inventory # rev4371811677
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Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oxford Univ Press 1979 , first edition , very good in very good+ dustjacket. Seller Inventory # ABE-5833685664
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. PRICE NOT CLIPPED. Closed tear to back face of dj. Author's first book. Seller Inventory # 003925
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