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A Northern Light

by Jennifer Donnelly

389 pages · 2003

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About the book

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.

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