The Bean Trees
Why did Taylor buy the book?
Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House?
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Jill W
Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House?
From the text:
"I bought it because it reminded me of Mattie, and because it had stiff pages that I hoped might stand up to Turtle's blood-out-of-turnips grip."
The Bean Trees