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      Throwing Shadows

      by E.L. Konigsburg
      Published
      Aug 2007
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      150
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      About This Book

      * A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber
      * A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting
      * A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan
      * A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in an old folks' home
      * A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented by a pair of antiques dealers

      In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen of E. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever.

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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      First Edition Aug 2007 Aladdin ISBN13 9781416949596 ISBN10 1416949593
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      Feb 1981 Holiday House ISBN13 9780689704918 ISBN10 0689704917
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