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Don't Make Me Smile

by Barbara Park · 1981 · 144 pages

Book 1 of the Don't Make Me Smile series

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Charlie Hickles' parents are getting a divorce—and for some reason, they actually expect him to understand! But Charlie isn't going to take this divorce lying down.

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Genre
literary fiction
Themes
childhooddivorce
Setting
1980s
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 144 pages

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