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The Mimosa Tree

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

Social problemsCity and town lifeFictionChildren's fictionTrees, fictionChildren's storiesFamily problems

Shortly after the Proffitts arrive in the Chicago slums from North Carolina, the stepmother leaves the family and fourteen-year-old Marvella becomes the sole support for her blind father and the four younger children.

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Book data: Open Library