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Ella Grows Up

Available: September 26, 2022

Page Count: 150

ISBN: 9798353366973

This final book in the Ella’s America” historical fiction series takes place in 1885 in a small NY town by Lake Ontario. The year brings many problems for the Woodhams family, and Anastasia, the bratty girl at school, is as bad as ever. Ella fears Anastasia will never change, then she discovers a possible key to the girl’s heart.

 

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JoAnne Check enjoyed living in Ontario, New York for many years with her family before moving to North Carolina.  She graduated from Kutztown University and has been a school teacher, grant writer and copywriter.

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