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P E N N Y ’ S W O R T H
O F C H A R A C T E R
McGraw-Hill Book
Co., New York City,
New York, 1954. 63 pp.
Illustrations by Robert G.
Henneberger.
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In A Penny’s Worth of Character Jesse Stuart tells the
story of a Shan Shelton, whose desire
for candy and soda from Mr. Conley’s
store, tests the boy’s honesty. He comes
up short, learns a hard lesson, and
finds out that a penny’s worth of
character is priceless.
An earlier version of the story first
appeared in The Progressive Farm (July
1948) and was reprinted in Scholastic Teacher
(October 19. 1949.This was Stuart’s
sec0nd junior book, and his seventeenth
book to be published.
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