Violets are Blue

 by Barbara Dee

Genre:  Realistic Fiction


In the last few months, Wren's life has completely changed.  Her parents have divorced, her dad has moved to New York to be with his new wife who is pregnant with twins, her mom won't talk to her except to tell her that they are moving to a new town for a fresh start.  Wren has to start over...new school, new friends...new relationships with her parents, so everything just feels different.  And now her mom has said that she has to be more social and get involved in an activity at school.  The one constant in Wren's life has been her love of makeup and following Cat FX's blog for all the tips on how to apply character makeup.  When Wren's new school is looking for someone to do the makeup for the school musical, Wren thinks she might be interested.  But doing makeup for someone else is a whole new experience.  Is Wren ready to put her hobby on display for the whole school?



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