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Wayward children volume 4
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English
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"Every Heart a Doorway racked up comparisons to C. S. Lewis and Lewis Carroll, and the Wayward Children series has delighted and mesmerized readers. This fourth entry tells the origin story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies,...
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Take the classic story of jolly old St. Nicholas, place it in a Louisiana bayou setting, dress Santa claus in muskrat "from his head to his toes", pile his skiff high with toys, and hitch it to 8 friendly alligators. The result is the delightful new version of an old and familiar tale. It is Christmas on the bayou. It is a Cajun Night before Christmas. Gaston the Green-nosed alligator: What led Santa Claus to move his workshop from the snowy North...