Happy Birthday, Dear Beany

Book cover: 'Happy Birthday, Dear Beany'
Author(s): 
Lenora Mattingly Weber
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Review: 
Beany is delighted when she hears that her dear childhood friend Miggs Carmody has moved back to Denver, but when they meet up again there is a strange wall between them. Is it because Miggs' family has become very wealthy? There is a scene in which a boyfriend shakes Beany and hurts her. It might be important to talk to your daughter about this scene and how wrong the boyfriend is no matter what Beany's faults in the situation were.