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Gr 9 Up—This first-person account is a slice-of-life tale of a seven-year-old girl in Norway, 1965. She is the middle child, with sisters who are five and nine, and her parents are a bit of an embarrassment. They are modernist architects, and her father sports the only moustache in town. Oh, the humiliation! She envies the family downstairs. They seem normal. In her comparison with those around her, she also notes her family's lack of a bicycle. She and her sisters beg their parents for a bike, and their wish is even...Log In or Sign Up to Read More