Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, c1998. "A Yearling book."
Summary:
Just before the beginning of World War I, eight-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.
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