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You wouldn’t have thought it was a place where people were worried or hungry or sad.

Our school librarian likes to say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Maybe it’s the same way with neighbourhoods. Maybe you can’t judge a place by its swans.

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I finally fell asleep, but around eleven I woke. I got up to go to the bathroom, and as I headed down the hall, I realised my parents were still awake. I could hear them talking in the living room.

They were thinking of places we could go if we couldn’t pay the rent.

If I don’t become an animal scientist, I would make a great spy.

My mum said how about Gladys and Joe, my dad’s parents. They live in an apartment in New Jersey. My dad said they only had one extra bedroom. Then he declared, “Plus, I couldn’t live under his roof. He’s the most pig-headed man on the planet.”


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