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One Day in the Woods

by Jean Craighead George (1988)

About this book

Rebecca discovers many things about plant and animal life when she spends the day in Teatown Woods in the Hudson Highlands of New York looking for the ovenbird.

Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOne Day in the Woods Lead Character

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