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Throwing Shadows

Published
Aug 2007
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
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150

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* A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber
* A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting
* A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan
* A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in an old folks' home
* A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented by a pair of antiques dealers

In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen of E. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever.

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First Edition Aug 2007 Aladdin ISBN 1416949593
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Feb 1981 Holiday House ISBN 0689704917
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Apr 1998 Aladdin ISBN 0689821204
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Jan 1979 Atheneum ISBN 0689307144
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Aug 2011 Atheneum ISBN 1442439750
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Aug 2011 Atheneum ISBN B004U7GI9G
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