Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends, except for his pet mouse, Herbert. But when a girl called Lisette bursts into the shop and begs him to hide her from a murderer, Arlo's life changes forever. He's swept up into an adventure involvin
The Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby
β Scribed by Lundquist, Jenny
- Book ID
- 109979743
- Publisher
- Aladdin
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Izzy Malone 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781481460354
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Violet Barnaby searches for the joy in life after losing her mother in this sweet and funny follow-up to The Charming Life of Izzy Malone.
Violet Barnaby is a having a blue Christmas. She's still grieving the loss of her mother, and to make things worse, her dad has just married Melanie Harmer, a.k.a. the meanest teacher at Dandelion Hollow Middle School. But on the day Violet and her dad are packing up and moving into the new house they'll share with Melanie and Melanie's two children, Violet finds a letter her mother wrote to her before she died, asking Violet to enjoy Christmas, along with a Christmas Wish List--things her mom wants her to do during the holiday season . On the list are exactly the kinds of things Violet doesn't want to do this year, like Be Someone's Secret Santa; Give Someone the Gift of Your Time: Volunteer; and Bake Christmas Cookies.
Violet shows the letter to her friend Izzy's Aunt Mildred, who calls a meeting of the Charm...
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