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The Summer of the Swans


Book Description
Sara's fourteenth summer was turning out to be the most confusing time of her life. Up until then things had flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake. Now she wanted to fly away from everything - her beautiful older sister: her bossy Aunt Willie, her remote father, and most of all, from herself. She hated her own gawkiness, her enormous feet, her lack of "popularity". And then there was... More
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PublisherPuffin Books
BindingHardcover (65 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B004T8J8SY
Publication Date/1981
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About Betsy Byars (Author) : Betsy Cromer Byars (1928 - ) is an American children's author. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal.[1] She has also received a National Book Award, for The Night Swimmers (1980), ... more
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