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My Mother Got Married

by Barbara Park · 1989 · 144 pages

Book 2 of the Don't Make Me Smile series

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In this sequel to Don't Make Me Smile, Charlie Hickle's life has become a three-ring circus. Why did his mom have to get remarried anyway? He wants things back the way they used to be—right now!

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Genre
literary fiction
Themes
childhood
Setting
1980s
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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