Dear Mr. Henshaw
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The Sign of the Beaver
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Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
A Solitary Blue
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Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.
Sugaring Time
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Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup.
The Wish Giver
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When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.