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New junior novel for Sheryl Gwyther

July 12, 2018

Congrats to Sheryl Gwyther on the publication of

Sweet Adversity

published by HarperCollins Children's Books  in paperback

for ages 11 - 14.

In 1928, travelling Shakespearean actors leave their daughter Adversity at an orphanage, fully intending to return ... but things don't go according to plan. Together with Macbeth, her Shakespeare-quoting cockatiel, Addie is thrown into a dangerous adventure of a lifetime.

Sounds like another winner - congrats again Sheryl!

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