Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream
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Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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Korean American fourth-grader Clara Lee longs to be Little Miss Apple Pie, and when her luck seems suddenly to change for the better, she overcomes her fear of public speaking and enters the competition.
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