Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli E.B. White Box Set adoptive parent and founder of

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Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli E.B. White Box Set adoptive parent and founder ofLike the month she was born in and named after, April was bright one moment and dark the next. But mostly she was Bright Aprilbecause of her happy family, her Brownie Scout troop, and all her friends in the Philadelphia suburb where she lived. This is Aprils story. It is especially the story of her tenth birthday, which brought the best surprise she could have ever imagined. Marguerite de Angeli has made the life of a specific cultural group as real