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The Giant's House
The Giant's House
Author: Elizabeth McCracken
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt -- the "over-tall" eleven year-old boy who's talk of the town -- walks into her library and changes her life forever. Two misfits whose lonely paths cross at the c...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380730209
ISBN-10: 0380730200
Publication Date: 7/1997
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I LOVED this book. It was sweet and a bit sad, but written intelligently and a very unique story. I highly recommend it.
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This was my first swap received in the mail with PaperBackSwap, and now one of my most favorite books. The author is talented and gifted with great style, descriptions and wit. National Book Award Finalist.
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This book was touching and sweet. I bit slow in places but only because I wanted to see more.

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