The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
By David Wroblewski
576 pages; HarperCollins


A kind of Hamlet on the prairie, this is the wrenching story of a mute boy and his dog. Oprah compares it to East of Eden and To Kill a Mockingbird.

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