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1996 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction
1996 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist)
Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an 'over-tall' 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
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