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January 2013

New in Paperback

January 2013

January's roundup of New in Paperback includes Tony Abbott's LUNCH-BOX DREAM, which presents Jim Crow, racism and segregation from multiple perspectives one of which being a boy who starts to question his assumptions about race; BLISS by Kathryn Littlewood, which follows Rosmary Bliss who yearns to be a true kitchen magician like her parents, but this looks unlikely until her parents are called away from home and a stranger arrives...; and Zoe Barton's ALWAYS NEVERLAND where Ashley wakes up one night to find Peter Pan in her bedroom, but she's going to bring some change to Neverland, unlike the other "Wendy girls" who have been there before.

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood - Children's Fiction, Fantasy

Rosemary Bliss yearns to be a true kitchen magician the way her parents are, literally mixing such ingredients as lightning bolts into the Bliss bakery products, with life-changing results for treat recipients. However, Rose's opportunity for magical cookery seems destined not to be…until her parents are called away from home and a mysterious stranger arrives.