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Lay My Curses Out To Rest

Speculation

By Nisi Shawl  

1 Nov, 2024

Doing the WFC's Homework

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Nisi Shawl’s 2022 Speculation is a stand-alone middle-grade book.

Winna Cole’s broken glasses would be a calamity at the best of times. When her mother is sick and in hospital, the broken spectacles are a disaster. Winna cannot see without them and there’s no way that the family can pay for new glasses. Luckily, Winna’s Grampa Carl has a solution: Winna’s late Great-Aunt Estelle’s spectacles.

Estelle’s glasses are old-fashioned but more than functional. They won’t necessarily solve Winna’s problems, but they will make those problems very different.

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