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I Was a 98-Pound Duckling

  • Jean Van Leeuwen

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A witty story about a girl swamped by beauty advice and facing her first date. A thirteen-year-old suffering from several "beauty problems" improves her self-image after a brief summer romance.

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  • I Was a 98-Pound Duckling
  • Jean Van Leeuwen
  • Children
  • Kids
  • Children's
  • Young adult
  • Youth
  • Juvenile
  • Stories
  • Literature
  • Book
  • Chapter books
  • Fiction
  • Self-esteem
  • Outsider
  • Fitting-in
  • Buiding
  • Growing up
  • Relationships
  • Nostalgia
  • Camping
  • Body image in girls
  • Summer romance
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Family life
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About the author

  • Jean Van Leeuwen

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    27 ratings · 158 works

Editions

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    Bantam-Skylark, published by arrangement with E.P. Dutton, Published simultaneously in the USA & Canada

    August 1987

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    Dial Press

    1972

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    Bantam Books

    August 1987

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    Yearling

    July 1, 1987