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Gr 5–8—After her father's death, 11-year-old Binny and her bereaved family find themselves in the house of a deceased relative in a seaside town. There the child becomes fast enemies with the boy next door, yearns for a long-lost dog, crushes on an older boy, and eventually-through a drawn-out pivotal scene interspersed throughout the primary narrative-comes to accept the grief she's been d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After Dad's death, Binny (short for Belinda) Cornwallis, her sister, her brother, and their mum had no choice but to move to a smaller place. Three years later, eleven-year-old Binny has adjusted seemingly well to the loss of her father, but she's never gotten over the loss of her dog, sent to Granny's when they moved. And she's never forgiven her great-aunt Violet, who took the rambunctious pup from overwhelmed Granny and gave him away. When Aunty Violet dies, the family moves into the seaside cottage she's left them. Gareth, the boy next door, becomes Binny's best frenemy...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eleven-year-old Binny, her sister, brother, and mum move into a seaside cottage left to them by (reviled-by-Binny) Aunty Violet. Gareth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More