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    Lavender
    Lavender
    Lavender
    Ebook47 pages17 minutes

    Lavender

    By Karen Hesse and Andrew Glass

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    Codie loves to spend time with her favorite aunt, Alix. Her aunt is a talented seamstress, and Codie knows that the perfect gift for Alix's new baby is a handmade blanket. Codie wants to have the blanket done before the baby is born. Suddenly, the baby is coming early. Will Codie be able to finish the blanket in time?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateNov 17, 2015
    ISBN9781250103598
    Lavender
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    Karen Hesse

    Karen Hesse is the author of many books for young people, including Out of the Dust, winner of the Newbery Medal, Letters from Rifka, Brooklyn Bridge, Phoenix Rising, Sable and Lavender. In addition to the Newbery, she has received honors including the Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award, the MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” Award and the Christopher Award, and was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award. Born in Baltimore, Hesse graduated from the University of Maryland. She and her husband Randy live in Vermont.

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      Codie loves to visit her aunt’s home. And she prepares her secret gift for her aunt’s new baby. Suddenly, the baby comes early and she is named Lavender; will Codie have her gift ready in time for Lavender? Will her aunt still have time for her? This book is strongly recommended for readers 7 years old and up.

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    For my aunt, Bernice Millman, who has always found room for me

    —K.H.

    For my aunt Dorothy

    —A.G.

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    Sleepover

    Hold on, young lady. Where are you going? Mom asks.

    I put my overnight bag down in the front hall and stand at the edge of the living room.

    It’s Saturday, I say. Sleepover at Aunt Alix’s.

    "Are you sure Aunt Alix wants

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