Mavis and Merna
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: March 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780888996473
Subjects: Social Issues - Friendship; Widows; Juvenile Fiction; Children: Kindergarten; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Social Situations - General; Children: Grades 1-2; Social Issues - General; Social Issues - Death & Dying; Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General; Fiction; Friendship; Children's All Ages - Fiction - General
First sentence: GULLY'S was the busiest store in Fortune's Cove.
Description: Merna and Joe Gully own the busiest store in Fortune's Cove but when Joe suddenly dies, Merna closes the store indefinitely. Mavis's parents speculate that she must have inherited a fortune, and Mavis sneaks across town to the Gully house to see if she can spot any evidence of riches, but instead finds a lifelong friendship.