by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Lura Schield Reynolds (1988)
Maudie, one of a large family growing up in Iowa in the early 1900s, seems to attract nothing but trouble when all she wants is to be noticed for herself; and when a crisis hits the family she finally accomplishes this in the best way possible.
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Louis Sachar
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