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Gr 1-5 A young boy and his baby brother are deposited with their widowed grandmother on a farm in southern Sweden while their parents build a new house in a distant town. In each chapter of this episodic novel, the boy describes an incident in which he interacts with the rural residents. Although beautifully translated, the descriptive narrative and cogent insights seem at times way beyond the capacity of the six- or seven-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More