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The Empty Space on Shelf Nine
Paperback
FamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 21 2026
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
On Monday, eight-year-old Mara places her class's handmade storybook on Shelf Nine. At Friday's reading night, her little brother Eli will get to find their family page all by himself: Dad with a frying pan, Papa with a dish towel, one flying pancake, and Eli's red sock peeking out under the table.
By lunchtime, the book is gone. A parent has objected to the page about Mara's two-dad family, and the school has removed all twenty-six stories while it decides what to do. A copy at home cannot replace the shared book. Leaving out page nine would leave a space the whole class could see.
With reading night getting closer, Mara must find words that are truly hers-and listen to a friend caught in the disagreement, too.
An illustrated chapter story about family, friendship, and speaking up for a place in a shared book.
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