Making Friends: Third Time’s the Charm: A Graphic Novel (Making Friends #3)

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Mar 12, 2024

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Dany and Madison are living a new reality. Rather than best friends, the pair now believe they are twins—and that isn’t the only part of their lives that has been completely rewritten. Their mom is a novelist, their dad is a rock star, and Dany has suddenly become a diligent student. Things. Aren’t. Adding. Up.
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