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Swop!

by Hilary McKay

Young Adult

2005

Tom and Emily live with wicked Aunty Bess, the worst aunt in the world. They don't have proper beds and the food is so bad, they like their school dinners. Just as well Emily's good at swops! She swops their aunt for a donkey, but can she swop their horrid home for a happy ending?

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