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Have you ever felt that the people you love are perfect, and then came to realize they are not? In the realistic fiction novel Babyface by Norma Fox Mazer, Toni Chessmore thinks her life is perfect. She has great friends, loving parents and lots of good luck. Pe ....

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.... been separated. It is very hard and frustrating for them only to be able to communicate through letters. Another adjustment Toni has to make is having to live with her sister. Toni has an older sister, Martine, who lives in New York. Toni's father has a small heart attack and he and Toni's mother are placed in a care center for a few months. Her parents decide it would be best for Toni to go stay with Martine while her father is recuperating. Martine and Toni don't get along at all and it is hard for them to adjust to living with each other. A big change in Toni's life occurs when Martine tells her a devastating family secret. Toni alwa ....