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Haworth, Danette

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning

(3) 4-6 Eleven-year-old Violet's best friend is more interested in trying on makeup with new-girl Melissa than frying up fish with Violet. Violet's in a funk--and it will take nothing less than a lightning strike to bring her out. Readers will find Violet, with her down-home drawl, sympathetic and easy to like, and the 1970s Florida summer setting is evocatively drawn.

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