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ISBN13: 9780140374551
ISBN10: 0140374558
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The mysterious Daddy-long-legs promises to send Jerusha Abbot to college...provided she follows his rules.

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A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month, and that she can never know who he is. With so much happening in her life, Judy can scarcely stop writing.

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Jean Webster (1876–1916) was the pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster. She was a grandniece of Mark Twain and the author of eight novels, her writing career blossomed amid the suffragist culture of upstate New York and Greenwich Village.

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: sovietmaster22, February 6, 2013 (view all comments by sovietmaster22)
This showed the history of the United States, particularly the issue of orphans that opened the eyes of the Americans of the true state of orphans in orphanages during that time. It led to reforms that the late author pursued to change it or even helped these kids to adoption.

I love the story with sense of humor as well as mixing it with love and drama.

By the way the novel's already 10 years and 4 months old.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780140374551
Author:: Webster, Jean
Publisher:: Puffin
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Classics
Subject:: Social Situations - Adolescence
Subject:: Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary
Subject:: Schools
Subject:: Letters
Subject:: Orphans
Subject:: Boarding schools
Subject:: Schools -- Fiction.
Subject:: Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:: General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:: Childrens classics
Edition Description:: Mass Market
Series:: Puffin classics
Series Volume:: 730-K
Publication Date:: 19950701
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: from 5 up to 10
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 192
Dimensions:: 7.76x5.12x.53 in. .35 lbs.
Age Level:: 09-12

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