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When Davie and John Willie Halliday lose their father in a mine cave-in, the orphans are left to fend for themselves. Twelve-year-old Davie finds shelter for himself and John Willie, a deaf mute, on the grounds of the home of Miss Peamarsh, an eccentric recluse with a mysterious past. With the help of a drifter, Davie and John Willie free Miss Peamarsh from her painful secrets and she gives them a home.
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6 editions- Hardcover · English · 1991Doubleday · 208 pages · 9780385401326
- Other · English · 1989Corgi · 208 pages · 9780552525251
- Other · English · 1975New American Library · 198 pages · 9780451078193
- Other · English · 1975G. K. Hall · 306 pages · 9780816162673
- Other · English · 1974Bobbs-Merrill · 191 pages · 9780672518973
- Other · English · 1974Macdonald and Co. · 153 pages · 9780356046136
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