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The Underneath

by Kathi Appelt

Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 720L · 2008

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Why we'd hand it over

A quiet masterpiece about unlikely friendship and loyalty set in the Louisiana bayou—lyrical prose, real stakes, and two protagonists whose relationship genuinely transforms both of them.

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