When I was Young in the Mountains
- ISBN-10
- 0140548750
- ISBN-13
- 9780140548754
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Cynthia Rylant
Description
Portrays the family life and simple pleasures of a girl growing up in a small mountain town.
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