In the Face of Danger
- ISBN-10
- 0606015264
- ISBN-13
- 9780606015264
- Category
- Foster home care
- Pages
- 151
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-09-01
- Publisher
- Turtleback
- Author
- Joan Lowery Nixon
Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.
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