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  Call Me Sunflower

  Miriam Spitzer Franklin

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  A moving tale of family, friendship, and finding your own voice 
   
  Sunny Beringer hates her first name—her real first name—Sunflower. And she hates that her mom has suddenly left behind her dad, Scott, and uprooted their family from New Jersey to North Carolina just so she can pursue some fancy  
  degree. Sunny has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, and she’s had to leave her beloved cat and all her friends behind. And no one else seems to think anything is wrong. 
   
  So she creates “Sunny’s Super-Stupendous Plan to Get Mom and Dad Back Together”—a list of surefire ways to make her mom and Scott fall madly in love again. But while working on a photo album guaranteed to make Mom change her  
  mind and rush them right back home, Sunny discovers a photo—one that changes everything. 
   
  Struggling with the complications of new friends, a precarious relationship with her grandmother, and now this enormous secret, it seems like everything in her world is imploding. Now she’ll have to reconcile her family’s past and present, or  
  she’ll lose everything about their future.

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  Real Gone Kid - 1980s Gritty...

  Kate Fridriks

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  Everyone deserves to feel safe. 
  It’s 1984. Superpowers for girls and women exist only on TV. 
  Aileen Murphy struggles to make sense of her life in a working-class Scottish steel town. She dreams of escaping the sectarian bullying she has kept secret; then, the gorgeous Steve Henderson enters her world. 
  When her vulnerable younger sister becomes the next target of the bullies, Aileen knows she must make a stand. Will Steve’s proposition to secretly teach Aileen her own ‘superpower’ save her and her sister? And can Aileen find the courage to fight for her dreams – to feel safe – and to be accepted for who she is? 
  Real Gone Kid is the feel-good, first novel in the adult, coming-of-age, Raven Craig series, set in 1980s industrial Scotland. 
  ★★★★★ 'The characters fizz off the page with an effervescence that made us smile.' Cheshire Novel Prize 
  ★★★★★ ‘This book is so beautifully written and really captures Scotland in the 1980s. One of the best debut novels I have ever read.’ Nicole Johnston 
  ★★★★★ ‘Kate’s narrative is full of emotion and this is the first time I shed a tear over a book since I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.’ Haffi Olafsson 
  ★★★★★ ‘This book is an absolute joy to read. With its pop references and precise descriptions, Kate transports us back to the heady 1980s.’ Lynne Walker 
  ★★★★★ 'I can't wait for the sequel. It had everything for me: romance, laughter, throwback to the eighties, and realistic boxing scenes.' Colin M 
  ★★★★★ 'The combination of amazing characters, wonderful music references and the era make this book a glorious read!' Wendy R

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  Further Doings of Milly-Molly-Mandy

  Joyce Lankester Brisley

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  Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures!Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she has a tea-party, looks after a baby hedgehog and helps to thatch a roof – whatever Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around.Further Doings of Milly-Molly-Mandy contains twelve short stories that are wonderfully narrated by Katherine Press and are the perfect way to introduce younger listeners to the enduringly popular heroine, not forgetting her friends little-friend-Susan and Billy Blunt!The series has charmed generations of children since its first publication in 1928. Enjoy more fun adventures with Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories and More of Milly-Molly-Mandy.

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  Liquid Sunshine - Where Words...

  Kwantum Peakz

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  Liquid Sunshine bursts at the seams with emotional and passionate wit. The content is unapologetically ‘vintage’ slam poetry mixed with some mature flair and an intellectual dynamic touch peppered with gritty verses, spirituality, and raw imagery. All in all, this work will make you connect with a part of yourself you didn't know existed or have perhaps neglected to grow along with. Prepare to think and feel as you listen to recall every magical tone that brought you there. 
  The initiative represents the first poetry anthology from the author, Kwantum Peakz, in which he covers themes stemming from everyday life as well as love & relationships, social issues, spirituality, and more. In true form, as on stage as in the book, the experience will infuse your mind with steady and timely new ways of viewing life through a different lens. Ultimately, the dimension poetic words are given will help you to support, confront, beautify, question, love, defeat, or tame your own deepest thoughts in admirable fashion. This is, in part, how one's spoken words become written to flow through you.

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  The Classic Books for Children...

  A. Milne, HUGO LOFTING, Beatrix...

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  "The Classic Books for Children: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Winners" is a compilation of timeless literary treasures that have been honored with the prestigious Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This collection brings together some of the most beloved and enduring stories in children's literature, including "Winnie-the-Pooh," "The Story of Doctor Dolittle," "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," "The Secret Garden," and "The Wind in The Willows." These enchanting tales have captivated generations of young readers with their captivating characters, vivid settings, and imaginative adventures. Join Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood as they embark on whimsical escapades, accompany Doctor Dolittle on his animal-filled journeys, follow Peter Rabbit's mischievous exploits, explore the hidden wonders of the Secret Garden, and venture into the enchanting world of The Wind in The Willows. Each of these award-winning books offers valuable life lessons, promotes creativity, and instills a love of reading. The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award recognizes their exceptional contributions to children's literature, celebrating the enduring magic of these stories. "The Classic Books for Children" is a literary treasure trove that will enchant young readers and those young at heart. It is a testament to the power of storytelling and the lasting impact of these classic tales in the world of children's literature. Dive into this collection and rediscover the joy of these timeless adventures that continue to inspire and delight readers of all ages. Winnie-the-Pooh The Story of Doctor Dolittle The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Secret Garden The Wind in The Willows

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  Homesick

  Lynn Venable

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  Homesick by Lynn Venable - What thrill is there in going out among the stars if coming back means bitter loneliness? 
  Frankston pushed listlessly at a red checker with his right forefinger. He knew the move would cost him a man, but he lacked enough interest in the game to plot out a safe move. His opponent, James, jumped the red disk with a black king and removed it from the board. Gregory, across the room, flicked rapidly through the pages of a magazine, too rapidly to be reading anything, or even looking at the pictures. Ross lay quietly on his bunk, staring out of the viewport. 
  The four were strangely alike in appearance, nearly the same age, the age where gray hairs finally outnumber black, or baldness takes over. The age when the expanding waistline has begun to sag tiredly, when robust middle age begins the slow accelerating decline toward senility. 
  A strange group to find aboard a spaceship, but then The Columbus was a very strange ship. Bolted to its outer hull, just under the viewports, were wooden boxes full of red geraniums, and ivy wound tenuous green fronds over the gleaming hull that had withstood the bombardment of pinpoint meteors and turned away the deadly power of naked cosmic rays. 
  Frankston glanced at his wristchrono. It was one minute to six. 
  "In about a minute," he thought, "Ross will say something about going out to water his geraniums." The wristchrono ticked fifty-nine times. 
  "I think I'll go out and water my geraniums," said Ross.

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