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fought over a period of 41 years

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and might even be a sweet addition to the family

a bystander films everything

Lena Cover:Paperback fought over a period ofA compelling story of survival from a four time Newbery Honor winning author At the end of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This , Lena and her younger sister, Dion, set off on their own, desperate to escape their abusive father. Disguised as boys, they hitchhike along, traveling in search of their mother's relatives. They don't know what they will find, or who they can trust along the way, but they do know that they can't afford to make even one single