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Herbie Jones takes the unwanted "girl disease," beglines to love Annabelle Hodgekiss and fears his bond with his best friend Raymond will break up, but the story follows the clues as he learns how to handle the new emotion.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Suzy Kline
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