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Friesen, Gayle.
LOSING FOREVER
Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2002
IL YA
ISBN 1553370317
It's all falling apart.  Life had been pretty good for Jes.  She had a mom and dad.  She even had a beautiful baby sister.  Then it started going wrong.  Jes feels she is dealing with a shifting universe.  The baby died.  Dad moved out but was still very much in the picture.  Mom spent lots of time with Jes and life wasn't so bad in spite of the problems.  Now, things are getting worse.  Mom has met a man and plans to get married.  How could she do this to Jes.  Cal isn't that bad but it's just going to change things forever.  To make life even more unbearable, Cal's perfect daughter has moved in and plans to stay.  Angela seems to be everything that Jes is not.  Even Jes's friends start hanging out with Angela.  Could things get any worse?
SUBJECTS:     Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
                        Remarriage -- Fiction.
                        Stepfamilies -- Fiction.

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