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Brisson, Pat Shine, Andrea, Illustrator

The Summer My Father Was Ten

32 pp. | Boyds | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 1-56397-435-5
(4) K-3 Momentary thoughtlessness destroys months of work when a boy and his friends pelt each other with vegetables from an elderly man's garden. Despite the unattractively sun-bleached illustrations, the story makes a strong emotional impact as it chronicles the beginnings of the lifelong friendship that ensues the following year when the remorseful boy offers to help the man replant his garden.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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