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The Saskiad
Paperback, 400 pages, St Martins Pr, List Price: $19 | purchase
Book Summary
Desperate to flee her organic-farming mother, twelve-year-old Saskia White envisions herself as a great adventurer, but when her long-lost father enters her life and takes her and her best friend Jane on a camping trip, they both embark on a journey of love, deceit, and passion. Reprint.
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