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Hest, Amy.
MR. GEORGE BAKER
Cambridge, MA : Candlewick, 2004.
IL K-3, RL 2.4
ISBN 0763612332
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Meet Mr. George Baker.  He's 100 years old.  No kidding.  And he is waiting for Harry.  Harry is the boy next door.  Together the two of them sit and wait.  George always has some chocolate for them to nibble on while they wait.  They are unlikely friends but friends they are.  And Mr. George Baker and Harry are waiting.  But what are they waiting for?
SUBJECTS:     Literacy -- Fiction.
                        Old age -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        African Americans -- Fiction.

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