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Scarecrow
By Zheleznikov, V.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39732-316-6
- Publisher
- New York : J.B. Lippincott, 1990.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1991
Gr 6-8 Shabbily dressed Nikolai Nikolayevich, the town eccentric, is not concerned with appearances, but only with buying up old family portraits and rehanging them on the walls of his ancestral home. One day, with no explanation, he appears with his skinny and ragged 13-year-old granddaughter Lena, who is promptly nicknamed Scarecrow. Only one boy, Dimka Somov, comes to her defense; however, as things turn out, he behaves more contemptibly than all the others. Because of his cowardice Lena...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
