ISBN:9780316456388
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$16.99
Discount: 63.51%
Age Group: Ages 9 to 12
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Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only Black girl in town for years. Alberta|s best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a sister, but there are some things even Laramie can|t understand. When the bed and breakfast across the street finds new owners, Alberta is ecstatic to learn the family is black - and they have a 12-year-old daughter just like her.Alberta is positive she and the new girl, Edie, will be fast friends. But while Alberta loves being a California girl, Edie misses her native Brooklyn and finds it hard to adapt to small-town living.When the girls discover a box of old journals in Edie|s attic, they team up to figure out exactly who|s behind them and why they got left behind. Soon they discover shocking and painful secrets of the past and learn that nothing is quite what it seems.