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  <name><![CDATA[M.P. Barker]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[M. P. Barker is a time traveler—well, actually an archivist and historian, which amounts to the same thing. She got a firsthand taste (sometimes literally!) of nineteenth-century New England rural life when she was a costumed historical interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village. There she milked cows, mucked out barns, and found inspiration for her historical novel, A Difficult Boy. Now working as an archivist, Barker enjoys a unique opportunity to read other people's diaries and letters and look through their photo albums.]]></about>            
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Difficult Boy]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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