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Up in the Leaves is her second book

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They enjoy outdoor read-a-louds accompanied by hugging and being hugged by trees

Kidnapped Keepsake Journal Up in the Leaves isWith his parents recently deceased David Balfour sets out to make his own way in the world, but hard luck befalls him at every turn. His uncle is trying to steal his inheritance and when an 'accident' doesn't kill him he's sold onto a slave ship bound for the Carolinas. Foiling a plot to kill a recused seaman, Alan Breck Stewart, David and Alan escape and are promptly caught up in the Jacobite rising. This is the thrilling adventure story set against