Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Lucretia_and_Other_Stories

Release date is 2006-11-11

Young Lucretia -- How Fidelia Went to the Store -- Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings -- Ann Lizy's Patchwork -- The Little Persian Princess -- Where the Christmas-Tree Grew -- Where Sarah Jane's Doll Went -- Seventoes' Ghost -- Little Mirandy, and How She Earned Her Shoes -- A Parsnip Stew -- The Dickey Boy -- A Sweet-Grass Basket -- Mehitable Lamb

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"Young Lucretia and Other Stories" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is a collection of thirteen short stories published in 1892. Originally appearing in literary magazines between 1887 and 1892, these tales follow children who face moral dilemmas and learn important lessons through their misbehavior. From a girl who deceives her strict aunts about Christmas presents to a six-year-old's anxious errand to the store, each story explores childhood struggles with temptation, honesty, and the consequences of poor choices in late nineteenth-century New England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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