This book tells that someone special can mean a lot to you. And when she was a teacher she told her students about the faraway places. Instead of visiting other places, she stayed where she was born. They thought she was a very nice teacher. Arizona taught in the school that she used to go to. When Arizona came back she was a teacher. One day her Aunt Suzie invited Arizona to help with some chores. Her mom died and she had to stay home and take care of her father and brother. But most of all she like to read and dream about the faraway places she would visit someday. Arizona liked to sing and dance to the music of the fiddler on Saturday night. First Arizona is a baby, then she grows older and older in this book. It is about a girl born in the meadows on Henson Creek. Do you have a great aunt that is special to you? Well, this story is about a great aunt who was special to the author who wrote this book.
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