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The Canning Season

by Polly Horvath

Middle grade · ages 9–12 · grades 4–7 · 800L

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Why we'd hand it over

A funny, unsentimental coming-of-age where a city kid finds unexpected roots in a rural summer—Horvath's voice is witty and genuinely warm without being precious.

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