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Book Title: Turtle of Oman
Item Length: 7.7in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.1in
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, Animals / Turtles, People & Places / Middle East, People & Places / United States / General
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Self-Help, Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
