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Annabel: A Novel for Young Folks

by L. Frank Baum

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A brand-new "Centennial Edition" of one of L. Frank Baum's rarest works! Originally published in 1906 this L. Frank Baum novel has been beautifully redesigned. ANNABEL features all of the illustrations from both the rare first and second printings as well as handsome decorations by cartoonist Eric Shanower! Only the hand of fate can determine what will happen as two young people face their destinies in L. Frank Baum's very first young adult novel ANNABEL. Will it be "Rags to Riches" or "Riches to Rags" when Annabel Williams, a beautiful young heiress, befriends Will Carden, a local vegetable b...

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