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We are all going to be made perfect . . . In 1843, with all their possessions loaded onto a single wagon, ten-year-old Louisa May Alcott and her family bravely set out into the wilderness to make a new home for themselves on a farm called Fruitlands. Louisa's father has a dream of living a perfect, simple life. It won't be easy, but the family has vowed to uphold his high ideals. In her diary -- one she shares with her parents -- Louisa records her efforts to become the girl her parents would like her to be. But in another, secret diary, she reveals the hardships of this new life, and pours…
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5 editions- Ebook · English · 2008HarperCollins · 9780061780608
- Paperback · English · 2004HarperTrophy · 128 pages · 9780064410847
- Hardcover · English · 2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 9780606297097
- Other · English · 2004Tandem Library · 117 pages · 9780613946025
- Other · English · 2002HarperCollins Publishers · 117 pages · 9780066238166
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