“A girl can’t start eighth grade without a new wardrobe, Little O,” she told me.
Eighth grade! I still couldn’t believe it. Only one more year until high school!
There was so much change ahead.
The biggest change of all was the wedding that our family had to look forward to. Aunt True asked me to be her chief bridesmaid, “because tall timber sticks together.” Lauren was going to be a bridesmaid too, and Pippa couldn’t wait to be the flower girl. My mother would be the matron of honor, and Miss Marple was going to be the ring bearer. Gramps and Lola would be coming home for the wedding too.
The date had been set for October, when all of New Hampshire’s hills would be covered in a blaze of glory, as my aunt described it. Autumn was her favorite time of year.
And just like the seasons kept changing in Pumpkin Falls, things would keep changing for me, too. I understood that now. Because life was about change, just like Aunt True had said. There were surprises around every corner.
And that was really truly fine with me.
BLUEBERRY DONUT MUFFINS
1/3 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. milk
1-1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. fresh blueberries
Topping:
1/2 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a muffin tin or line with paper cups.
• Cream oil, sugar, and egg. Mix dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Gently fold in blueberries.
• Spoon batter into greased muffin tin and bake 20-25 minutes. Remove muffins immediately from pan, roll in melted butter, then in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Enjoy!
MISS MARPLE’S PICKS
Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
The Mermaid by Jan Brett
The Mermaid Handbook by Carolyn Turgeon
The Pirate Queen by Emily Arnold McCully
The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steve Fredericks
Heather Vogel Frederick is the award-winning author of the Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the Pumpkin Falls Mystery series, the Patience Goodspeed books, the Spy Mice series, and Once Upon a Toad. An avid fan of small towns like Pumpkin Falls, Heather and her husband live in New England, close to where Heather grew up. You can learn more about the author and her books at HeatherVogelFrederick.com.
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ALSO BY HEATHER VOGEL FREDERICK
Absolutely Truly
Yours Truly
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
Much Ado About Anne
Dear Pen Pal
Pies & Prejudice
Home for the Holidays
Wish You Were Eyre
Mother-Daughter Book Camp
Once Upon a Toad
The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed
The Education of Patience Goodspeed
Spy Mice: The Black Paw
Spy Mice: For Your Paws Only
Spy Mice: Goldwhiskers
Hide and Squeak
A Little Women Christmas
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Frederick, Heather Vogel, author.
Title: Really Truly / Heather Vogel Frederick.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] | Series: A Pumpkin Falls mystery | Audience: Ages 10 to 14. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: “Truly Lovejoy is excited for the perfect summer in Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire: swim practice outside, working at the bookstore, one-on-one time with her mom, and best of all, time with the dreamy R. J. Calhoun who may just like Truly back. But the idyllic falls apart when she’s sent off to mermaid academy—sparkly tail and all. Luckily, a mystery is never too far behind the Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes, and this one may just encourage Truly to come out of her shell, in more ways than one”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019041522 (print) | LCCN 2019041523 (eBook) | ISBN 9781534414372 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534414396 (eBook)
Subjects: CYAC: Mystery and detective stories. | Camps—Fiction. | Swimming—Fiction. | Buried treasure—Fiction. | Community life—New Hampshire—Fiction. | New Hampshire—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.F87217 Re 2020 (print) | LCC PZ7.F87217 (eBook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041522
LC eBook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041523
