and deeply sweet middle-grade debut of New York Times bestselling author Jodi Meadows (MY LADY JANE)

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the friend they left for dead

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations

even when they’re apart

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