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A giraffe admires her patterned bottom

and Shadow runs off to see the world

” From Jon Klassen

Mothers and daughters have a special relationship

Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea Section 45 A giraffe admires her patternedA poignant yet hopeful novel about a girl navigating grief, trauma, and friendship, from Ashley Herring Blake, the award winning author of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World. Hazel Bly used to live in the perfect house with the perfect family in sunny California. But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with crippling anxiety and a jagged scar on her face. After Mum's death, Hazel, her other mother,