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The great north wood was a natural oak woodland that started three miles 4. Marven of the great north woods written by kathryn lasky illustrated by kevin hawkes in the early 1800s, scores of german jews came to america to find good land and a better life. When his jewish parents send him to a minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic. A webbed frame a webbed frame that is shaped like a racket and attached to a boot to keep the foot from sinking into the snow example. To keep marven safe, his parents sent him up to the snowy woods of northern minnesota.
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