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A Matter of Pride

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Author(s):Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):Dorothy Bayley Morse
Publisher(s): J. B. Lippincott Co.
Year Published: 1959
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
Families
Fiction - Novel
Girls Growing Up
School - grade school
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 192
OCLC: 817447

Description

When the new teacher scolds Janie for not wearing shoes to school, she is too proud to admit her father is too poor to buy her new shoes.

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