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Star Sullivan
- Narrated by: Olivia Caffrey
- Length: 2 hrs
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Molly Sullivan said that the new baby was a little star. She was no trouble at all and she was always smiling - so she became known as Star and no one remembered that her name was Oona.
Star Sullivan just wanted everyone to be happy - her father to stop gambling, her mother not to work so hard, her brother to stay out of trouble, her sister to stop worrying about every little thing she ate.
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