Up a Road Slowly

Teen & Young Adult Classic Literature

Author: Irene Hunt

The Newbery Award-winning novel,,From the author of Across Five Aprils and No Promises in the Wind comes her most beloved story of a girl’s coming of age.,,After her mother’s death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen…..Read More

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