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The Hundred-penny Box
The Hundredpenny Box
Author: Sharon Bell Mathis
This book tells the story of "a boy and his hundred-year-old great-great-aunt in . . . a quietly intense story, illustrated with sepia pictures that make dramatic use of chiarosciro" (The Horn Book). Newbery Honor Book.
ISBN-13: 9781439516652
ISBN-10: 1439516650
Publication Date: 8/11/2008
Pages: 32
Edition: Reissue
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Book Type: Library Binding
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Michael's great-great-aunt Dew is a hundred years old. She keeps a box in her room filled with pennies--one for each year she has lived.

Michael's mother wants to get rid of the old box. But Michael knows that if Aunt Dew loses that old box, it will be like losing a part of her life.

He has to make his mother understand.
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A Newberry Honor Book
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A poignant story of old age, youth, and memories.