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ALSO BY BRENDA WOODS

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1: THE PUZZLING UNIVERSE OF VIOLET DIAMOND

2: A PREDICTABLE SUMMER OF BORING NOTHING

3: SOMETIMES I WISH

4: INTRODUCING VIOLET DIAMOND’S KITTEN

5: DAISY’S LI’L SIS

6: A BEGINNING

7: ANOTHER WISH COMES TRUE

8: NOT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS EXPECTING

9: THE UNIVERSE OF VIOLET DIAMOND TAKES A SWERVE

10: TRUTH AND TEARS

11: A WEEK OF WAITING

12: MORE SLOW MOTION

13: AFRICA

14: SEATTLE, HERE WE COME

15: IN SEATTLE

16: MEET ROXANNE DIAMOND

17: BAD WISHES

18: ANOTHER SWERVE

19: MY TURN

20: SOONER THAN I THOUGHT

21: COUNTDOWN

22: FINALLY

23: SHOPPING

24: AIRPORTS AND AIRPLANES

25: BIBI

26: LOS ANGELES

27: A STREET LINED WITH PALM TREES

28: A MILLION MILES FROM HOME

29: THE SUNDAY MORNING PARTY

30: THE DIAMOND FAMILY SUNDAY FEAST

31: EAVESDROPPING AGAIN

32: A DAY AT DISNEYLAND

33: HOLLYWOOD

34: THE MISSING DIAMOND

35: THE MASHED POTATOES

36: THE BLUES

37: AHMED’S HOOD AND MARINA DEL REY

38: BRAIDS

39: THE DREAM BOOK

40: MY DADDY’S GRAVE

41: THE ROOMS INSIDE A HEART

42: WAKE UP

43: A TEMPORARY GOOD-BYE

44: BACK TO MOON LAKE

45: VIOLET THE DIAMOND

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PRAISE FOR BRENDA WOODS

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