In the library I search for a good book. We have many books, says Mrs. Rose, the librarian, and ALL of them are good. Of course she says that. It's her job. But do I want to read about TrucksTrains and Transport? Or even Horses Houses and Hyenas?In the fiction cornerthere are pink boksfull of princessesand girls who want to be princessesand black booksabout bad boysand brave boysand brawny boys. Where is the bookabout a girlwhose poems don't rhymeand whose Granny is fading? Pearl, says Mrs. Rose, the bell has rung. I go back to classempty-handedempty headedempty-hearted. Sally Murphy
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