A Fortunate name
FictionFamily problems in fictionCousinsFamily problemsSelf-acceptance in fiction
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As the only Bancroft in a family of Fortunes, Lolly has always felt left out of her Fortune cousins' exclusive gang but when her parents separate Lolly discovers a new inner strength and aspects of kinship that go beyond names.
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FictionFamily problems in fictionCousinsFamily problemsSelf-acceptance in fictionCousins in fiction
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New Zealand
About the author
Margaret Mahy
21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012
Margaret Mahy (born in Whakatane, New Zealand) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. Her books "The Haunting" and "The Changeover" both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent "Alchemy" in 2002. Among her children's books, "A Lion in the Meadow", "The Seven Chinese Brothers", and "The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate" are considered national classics.
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