a book we love
a window seat book.Truman
by Jean Reidy
illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins
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what's inside.
The story.
Truman is a devoted pet tortoise whose owner Sarah heads off to her first day of school, leaving him behind. Worried when she doesn't return right away, Truman embarks on a slow but determined journey through the apartment and out into the big city to find her.
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