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A Tree Grows In Brooklyn


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From Book 1/Chapter 2

Francis goes to the Library.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 semi-autobiographical novel written by Betty Smith. The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational adolescent girl and her Irish-American family living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, during the first two decades of the 20th century. The book was an immense success.

A book that is always on the "Must Read Classics" list.

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Pure Public DomainBy Lori J McCullough