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    A Fortnight in August
    A Fortnight in August
    A Fortnight in August
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    A Fortnight in August

    By Martin A Yeeles

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    Everything is lined up and ready in the hallway: a pile of suitcases and holdalls stuffed full of summer clothes, hats, sandals, towels and toiletries, a plastic football, a cricket bat, stumps and bails, tennis balls, badminton racquets and a couple of shuttlecocks, Julie's hula hoop, a pile of library books and assorted comics and magazines. A

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBob's Your Uncle
    Release dateApr 15, 2021
    ISBN9780981678207
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