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Better than laughter

Better than laughter

by Chester Aaron

1972RunawaysChildren's storiesFictionRunaway childrenJuvenile fiction
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Feeling unloved, two brothers run away from their expensive home and seek refuge with the elderly caretaker of the county dump.

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RunawaysChildren's storiesFictionRunaway childrenJuvenile fictionBoys, fiction
First published 1972

Author

Chester Aaron

First published

1972

Pages

154

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

Gollancz

ISBN

0575015896

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