The Wishing Star (The Starlight Trilogy, Book 1)

by Marian Wells

Series: Starlight Trilogy (Wells) (1)

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Jenny, living in the frontier districts of New York and Ohio in the early 1800s, is surrounded by poverty and an abusive drunken father. Yet in spite of limited schooling and spiritual guidance, curious and quick-minded Jenny reaches out for something different.

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The Wishing Star

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1985-09

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Screaming with pain, Jenny dodged the razor strap that snapped at her legs. As her father reeled toward her, she dashed across the splintery floor, leaped through the open door, and with a cry of terror fled for the woods.

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Jenny, living in the frontier districts of New York and Ohio in the early 1800s, is surrounded by poverty and an abusive drunken father. Yet in spite of limited schooling and spiritual guidance, curious and quick-minded Jenny reaches out for something different.

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The Starlight Trilogy # 1 Fiction
Living in the frontier distsricts of New York and Ohio in the early 1800's, is a bright and unusually inquistive your girl.

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