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The One-in-a-Million-Boy – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

The One-in-a-Million-Boy – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

The One-in-a-Million-Boy by Monica Wood is another book for the Octogenarian category in the 2018 Reading Challenge.  On the surface it’s a lovely story about a socially awkward boy who has a fascination with Guinness world records.  The boy, who remains nameless throughout the novel, is attempting to fulfill requirements to obtain another badge in Boy Scouts.  It is this project that pairs him with an elderly Lithuanian woman, Ona Vitkus.  During these visits to assist her with chores an…

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