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The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton - a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.
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Irene Hunt was an American children's writer known best for historical novels. She was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal for her first book, Across Five Aprils, and won the medal for her second, Up a Road Slowly. For her contribution as a children's writer she was U.S. nominee in 1974 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. [
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