Along Came a Black Bird

Along Came a Black Bird
ISBN-10
0397322941
ISBN-13
9780397322947
Category
Family problems
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Author
Elizabeth Wild

Description

Three young sisters and their pet crow befriend a lonely boy from a neighboring farm and discover some of the harsher realities of life.

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