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Precious Bones

by Mika Ashley-Hollinger

Ages: 9+

Published: 2012

Publisher: Delacorte/Random House

ISBN: 978-0-385-74219-1

Keywords: Wildlife, Bullies, Segregation

In a small Florida community sixty years ago, Bones and her best friend Little Man explore the surrounding swamp which is teeming with wildlife.