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Her father was managing (just) to keep his temper, but she knew

that wouldn’t last.

“You’ve got to learn there’s more to life than floating around with

your friends!”

Any minute now, and he’d start really yelling and then slam out of

the air lock without sealing it properly. Which meant their pod would

begin taking on water, which meant she and Mum would have to spend

the rest of the morning mopping and pumping it out again.

It was all so familiar. She could do entire arguments with her dad

on automatic.

Then her mum spoke.

“ACT YOUR AGE, Tay! ”

In Search Of ...

by Joan Lennon

Illustrated by Renato Alarcão

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