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The Summer of the Swans

(1972)
A novel by Betsy Byars

Awards
1971 Newbery Medal

The longest day in the life of a 14-year-old girl - the summer day her loved, mentally retarded brother is lost, the day she discovers compassion in an enemy.

Genre: Children's Fiction

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