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Connor, Leslie.
MISS BRIDIE CHOSE A SHOVEL
New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2004
IL K-3, RL 5.1
ISBN 0618305645
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When Miss Bridie left her childhood home to begin a new life in America, she could have chosen a porcelain doll or a clock but she didn't.  Miss Bridie chose a shovel.  As odd as you may think her choice was, you may be surprised at how often that shovel helped Miss Bridie during the rest of her life.
SUBJECTS:     Shovels -- Fiction.
                        Historical fiction.

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