Eliza Vandas Button Box chapter sampler

Milly had smiled to reassure him, but in fact she wasn’t looking forward to the holidays. At least school kept her busy and stopped her thinking about how strange things were at home. To make matters worse, her friends were all going away, and wouldn’t be around to visit or to meet at the Wide Beach ice-skating rink. For the first time in her life, Milly wished she was going somewhere — anywhere — far from Tidgy Bay. It wouldn’t be so bad if there was anything I could do to help round here, Milly thought now. But there’s nothing! Well, except the washing-up and ordinary things like that. Nothing that makes any real difference. ‘I’ll have this one, I think,’ Eliza Vanda said suddenly, stopping at the sky-blue door of Breeze, the last cabin in line. ‘The name suits me, and blue’s my favourite colour at the moment. Plus, if I’m at the end I won’t disturb you at night with my clatter-clatter, will I?’ Wondering what sort of clatter-clatter work the woman did, Milly ran to get the guest book and the key

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