‘Weepie’ Books

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Everything is FineEverything is Fine (and Other Lies I Tell Myself)

by Cathy Brett

As the summer stretches endlessly ahead, 15 year-old Esther
needs something to distract her from her troubled family. Then she
finds 6 letters behind her bedroom fireplace: five from a young soldier
in the WW1 trenches to his girl, and one from her to him… unopened…
unsent.

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Invisible GirlInvisible Girl

by Kate Maryon

Gabriella Midwinter used to have a home. She wasn’t invisible back then. Caught between arguing parents and moving house, twelve-year-old Gabriella somehow slips through the cracks. Now she’s more alone than ever before. The city streets are no place for young girls but they’re all she’s got.

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bluebell jonesThe Twice-Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones

by Susie Day

All Bluebell Jones wants for her 13th birthday is to be more like her cool, confident sister. When she blows out her candles, up pops Red: her bold, brave 14-year-old self, ready to lead the way.

With Red’s help, Blue’s guaranteed to have the summer of her life. But living with your ever-so-slightly-invisible future self turns out to be all kinds of trouble. And Red’s got a secret…

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