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Book Title: CRANE Wife
Item Length: 7.9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Patrick Ness
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary, Romance / General, Historical
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
