“Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.”

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Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer 1952

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“Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.”

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