What it's all about
Norma Klein
The adoption of a Vietnamese orphan by eleven-year-old Bernadette's mother and stepfather marks the beginning of a period of changing family relationships.
Read Time: ~2.4 hr
Spotting the leopard
by Anna Myers (1997)
About this book
In the late 1930s, H.J. Harper is intent on finding a way to help his older sister become a veterinarian and on tracking down a leopard that has escaped from the zoo in Oklahoma City where his father is working on a W.P.A. project.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreSpotting the leopard Lead Character
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