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Floss lives between two homes: five days a week with her mum, her mum’s new boyfriend, and her baby half‑brother, and the other two days with her dad, who runs a greasy‑spoon café. When her mum decides to move to Australia for six months, Floss faces the difficult decision of staying with her dad or following her family overseas. She chooses to stay, and together they learn to live on chip butties and take joy in local funfair visits. But when the cafe’s financial troubles force them to leave, the pair find themselves homeless, relying on the kindness of their new fairground friends. The story follows their resilience and the bonds of family amid change.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Marriage & Divorce Fiction
Authors: Jacqueline Wilson
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