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The Windy Hill

by Cornelia Meigs

★3.6/5
Historical FictionMystery & DetectiveChildren's LiteratureFiction
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About This Book

Newbery Medal Honor Title (1922)A brother and sister visit their older cousin in New England. Their cousin was once jovial,, but is now mysteriously irritable and preoccupied. A chance meeting with the beeman leads to their hearing stories about their own family’s history. As they listen, the two children start to understand the cause of their cousins anxiety.

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