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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Hughes, Susan, 1960-, author

 

Four seasons of Patrick / Susan Hughes.

eISBN 978-1-55244-318-7, print 978-0-88995-505-9

 

I. Title.

PS8565.U42F68 2013 jC813’.54 C2013-904214-8

 

Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.)

Hughes, Susan.

Four seasons of Patrick / Susan Hughes.

[80] p. : cm.

 

Summary When Patrick’s father announces he is going to marry again and bring his new wife’s seven-year-old daughter Claire into the family, Patrick is distressed. He and his friend Harry build a tree house where they can hangout without being bothered by Claire. It takes a while for Patrick to realize that Claire is also feeling out of her element, and he can help boost her spirits by offering her space in the tree house as well.

ISBN-13: 978-0-88995-505-9 (pbk.)

1. Children of divorced parents – Family relationships – Juvenile fiction. 2. Divorce – Juvenile fiction. 3. Stepfamilies – Juvenile fiction. I. Title

[Fic] dc23 PZ7.H84547 2013