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i am the wallpaper | mark peter hughes

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Floey Packer’s life takes a decided turn for the worse with the arrival of her 13th birthday, all because of a training bra. She’s far too large for it, you see, being an early bloomer, and it looks so ridiculous her best friend Azra decides they need to take a picture. Then, informing Floey that she’s too ordinary, she takes said picture, writes a Thank You note, and sends it off to the aunt who had sent it, making like she’s Floey.

This is not good.

Even worse, Floey’s sister is getting married, which means the dreaded Aunt Sarah will be in the house for an entire day. And leaving her children behind when she goes too!

Floey is not at all excited at the prospect of a summer with cousins she doesn’t know. And that’s before she finds out that Richard, who she decides is a little devil, knows about the picture, and is actually in possession of it. And this is only the beginning.

The invention of the New and Improved Floey Packer doesn’t quite come off as intended. The unending confusion over her feelings for Wen and her deal with Azra not to let him come between them seems to have no resolution. Tish won’t stop following her around and asking questions. And then there’s Billy and his Spy Club…

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