T. M. Alexander likes to eat wine gums in the cinema. Her favourites are red and black. She writes in a little room hidden away behind a secret door that’s disguised as a bookcase. She keeps a box of emergency food under her desk, in case the door ever gets jammed and it’s some time before anyone notices she’s missing.
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To Mum and Dad, who made me believe I could do anything.
First published in Great Britain in 2010
by Piccadilly Press Ltd,
5 Castle Road, London NW1 8PR
Previously published as:
Goodbye, Copper Pie © T.M. Alexander, 2010 This edition published 2012
Text copyright © T.M. Alexander, 2010
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
The right of T.M. Alexander to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 1 84812 294 9 (paperback)
eISBN: 978 1 84812 300 7
Printed in the UK by CPI Bookmarque, Croydon, CR0 4TD
Cover design by Patrick Knowles
Cover illustration by Sue Hellard
Contents
Goodbye, Copper Pie
ten days to the summer fair . . . and counting
nine days to go and no definite plans yet
five days to prepare the arsenal
three days until the swap shop
two giant yellow rubber gloves
Show and Tell
Flo pushes her breakfast round her bowl
