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The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea

by Eileen Beha

Illustrator: Sarah Jane Wright

Ages: 9+

Published: 2014

Publisher: Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster BFYR

ISBN: 978-1-4424-9840-2

Keywords: Divorce

Why did Annaliese's mother leave when she was a baby, and will Annaliese ever see her again? Throckmorton Sock Monkey tells the tale. Intermittent black-and-white drawings.