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Defiance
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 161 Ratings and 42 Reviews

Book Description


Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner wants to do normal things on his vacation. He wants to hike and race his bike down the hill. He wants to learn to fish out on the lake. He doesn't want to return to the children's hospital where his painful cancer treatment finally ended. When Toby starts spending time with Pearl, a spunky old woman who lives on a nearby farm, and Blossom, her broken-down cow... More
Book Information
PublisherSquare Fish
BindingPaperback (7 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages144
ISBN-100312535813
ISBN-13978-0312535810
Publication Date05/26/2009
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About Valerie Hobbs (Author) : My career as an author of middle-grade and young-adult novels took off like a great drive down the fairway with the publication of How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn't Called You Back (1996). Sin... more
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4/7/2010 D. James Smith said: I found this to be a beautiful lyric read, unsentimental yet heartfelt. I highly recommend it.
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