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An Urgent Message of Wowness
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
ISBN 978-0-545-99328-9 PBK
208 pages
Ages 9 to 14
5” x 7 ¾”


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An Urgent Message of Wowness
by Karen McCombie

Heather thinks everyone in her family comes from Planet Perfect. Then Dad drops a bombshell, and the world turns upside down. Life’s become surprising, exciting and just a little bit mad — but is this topsy-turvy new family a place where Heather can fit in?


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Excerpt from AN URGENT MESSAGE OF WOWNESS
by Karen McCombie

From: wombat
Subject: Big-time confusion
Date: Friday, April 26
To: rsmith@smiledentalgroup


Dad —

I’m very confused. When you dropped your bombshell, you said there was no one else involved. Oops, that seems to have been a lie!

And when I saw you at the café and told you Jo-Jo suspected that wasn’t true, you started to get all cross with me. Not fair, at all.

So anyway, I guess your new girlfriend is . . .

a) the person you went running off to see when we were at the café
b) the person you’re living with now
c) the reason why you obviously thought me moving in with you would be a terrible idea. So terrible, you didn’t even bother to get back to me

Explanations, excuses, apologies would be nice.

Heather

PS I put that dried heather you gave me in the bin.
PPS That new aftershave that I think your new girlfriend gave you — it smells of cat wee.


From An Urgent Message of Wowness. Copyright © 2007 by Karen McCombie. All rights reserved.