Book description
There's something about asking for Impossible Things. For one little second, they feel Possible.
Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi. Add a million dollars in prize money from a national cooking contest and a move from the trailer parks of South Carolina…
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"I guess my family likes to do things pretty different. Kind of weird, huh?" From the first page, I was swept up by GiGi’s say it like it is voice. For her entire life, her older sister, DiDi, has raised her on stories and recipes from their deceased mama. When they move to a new town, GiGi longs for a fresh start—something different than the study, study, study her sister insists upon. As GiGi’s friendships blossom, the gulf between her and DiDi widens, and I was reminded of how our impulses often lead to trouble. GiGi’s choices made…
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