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Elizabeth Winthrop
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As a fiction writer, I've always like to visit the setting where my story takes place. For example, in my recent novel, Counting on Grace, the book really came to life when I found the site of the mill where my character had doffed bobbins in 1910. Many times I went back there to listen to the water sluicing over the dam, to stare at the same forested Vermont hillside Grace might have seen from...
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The Castle in the Attic
   3.91 avg rating — 4,255 ratings
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1985
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The Battle for the Castle
by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), André Geerts 3.73 avg rating — 664 ratings
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1993
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Counting on Grace
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2006
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Dumpy La Rue
by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), Betsy Lewin 3.82 avg rating — 44 ratings
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2001
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Island Justice
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Vasilissa the Beautiful: A Russian Folktale
by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), Alexander Koshkin 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings
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1991
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Shoes
by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), William Joyce 3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings
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1986
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Halloween Hats
by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), Sue Truesdell 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
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2002
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Grover Sleeps Over
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1984
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Sloppy Kisses
by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), Anne Burgess 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
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1980
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The Castle in the Attic
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by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), André Geerts
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by Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author), André Geerts
3.89 avg rating — 4,919 ratings
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