Fireflies
- ISBN-10
- 0439155266
- ISBN-13
- 9780439155267
- Series
- Fireflies
- Category
- Clumsiness
- Pages
- 54
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Author
- Alice Hoffman
Description
Jackie can't run and skate and throw as well as the other children, but his clumsiness eventually saves the villagers from a winter that would not end.
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