NEEDLE AND THREAD
By Ann M. Martin

It's autumn in Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby are just starting to settle into the town.  It’s not quite home yet…but it’s getting close.  Especially with so much going on!

Flora is worried about spending the first Thanksgiving without their parents.  Ruby is worried about getting a part in her school musical.  And their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big family drama.  But the friendship that ties them together will also give them the strength to work things out—one stitch at a time.

Excerpt:
On a September day, the last day of summer vacation for the children of Camden Falls, Massachusetts, a chilly breeze blew through town.

“Good gravy, it’s cool this morning,” Min Read exclaimed to her granddaughters as they stepped outside. “I think I need to grab a sweater. Are you two going to be warm enough?”

“Yup,” Flora and Ruby answered. And Ruby added, “We don’t need sweaters.”

As Min hurried back inside, the girls danced through the carpet of acorns on the sidewalk in front of the Row Houses, where they lived with their grandmother.
“Are you nervous about tomorrow?” Flora asked her sister.

“About starting school?”

Flora nodded.

“A little,” admitted Ruby. She would be starting fourth grade and Flora would be starting sixth. “But I’m not going to think about that. I’m trying to memorize all the songs from Annie. That’s my goal.”

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