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The Turquoise Bead

The Turquoise Bead

Paperback

General Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $14.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 8, 2026

ISBN10: 1963832604
ISBN13: 9781963832600
Publisher: Kinkajou Press
Published: Dec 8 2026
Pages: 216
Language: English
Twelve-year-old Pip visits an ancestral site on her neighbor Betty's land in New Mexico and has intriguing visions. She steals a turquoise bead from an anthill, convinced it will bring her good luck and improve her miserable life, which she attributes to her curse -- a facial port wine birthmark. When she befriends elderly Betty and attends archeology camp, she realizes she needs to return the bead but resists doing so. The bead seems to bring friends, self-esteem, and courage to face strangers, despite her curse. She steals yet another bead, promising to return both beads-- eventually. A nagging vision of a sad girl seems to plead for Pip to return her beads and Betty's hidden stash, but the girl may have another message that could change everything about Pip's miserable life, if Pip can open her heart to the possibilities.

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General Juvenile Fiction