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'Magnolia Moon is nine years old, likes Greek mythology, her best friend Imogen May (who understands the importance of questions like, "If you could be one fruit, any fruit, what would you be?"), wishing trees, and speaking crows. She knows instinctively that buffadillos are armadillos crossed with buffalos and believes there are walramingos living in her garden. She's also the kind of person who can be entrusted with a great many secrets. Each chapter in this novel, which captures Magnolia's year of being nine and ends on Chapter Almost 10, reveals a secret that Magnolia is keeping. But the novel also chronicles a year of change for Magnolia. From her best friend moving to the birth of her little brother Finnegan, Magnolia navigates every challenge and secret that comes her way with the kind of authenticity and innocence that comes from being nine years wise.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Awards
- 2020 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
- 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book
- 2020 shortlisted The Readings Children’s Book Prize