Mama - Hardcover
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A young boy describes his mother's struggles to feed, clothe, and protect her two sons using whatever resources she can muster, including stealing.
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About the Author
Lee Bennett Hopkins is the author of the multi-award-winning Been to Yesterdays; Poems of Life. He lives in Scarborough, New York.
From Publishers Weekly
In these two novels about a resourceful single mother and her two sons, "The author packs the tales with merriment and an understated lesson about different kinds of love and companionship," said PW. Ages 9-12. (Feb.)
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- PublisherKnopf : Distributed by Random House
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0394835255
- ISBN 13 9780394835259
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages90
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Mama
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Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394835255
ISBN 13: 9780394835259
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (mothers and sons, theft, city and town life, fiction). Seller Inventory # N08C-03876
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Mama
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394835255
ISBN 13: 9780394835259
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Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ted Lewin (illustrator). First Edition. Mama does what she has to, including stealing, to keep her family fed & sheltered. Author's first novel for young adults, SIGNED by him opposite the title page. First printing (first edition), with full number string. Hardcover, tan cloth spine over lighter tan boards, red titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows a bit of tanning to spine & front panel. Text clean; [4], 90 pages + biographical note; jacket art & title page illustration by Ted Lewin. Size: 5¾" by 8½". Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # r0493
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