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Highly commended1993

The Baby and Fly Pie

by Melvin Burgess

1993 Carnegie Medal for Writing highly commended

Good for: Teens
About: Adventure
Edition: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers / 184 pages / ISBN 9780689804892

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