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The Stray

Dick King-Smith

1996137 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1996
first published
  • 1996Crown Publishers · 139 pages · ENGISBN 9780517709344
  • 1997Viking · 137 pages · ENGISBN 9780670869152
  • 1997Puffin · 144 pages · ENGISBN 9780140381429
  • 1997Chivers Press · 152 pages · ENGISBN 9780754060772
  • 1998Scholastic · 139 pages · ENGISBN 9780439046763
  • 1997Listening Library · ENGISBN 9780807278536
  • 1998Yearling · 144 pages · ENGISBN 9780679891017
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613088374

When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.

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ThemesFamily
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