Authors: Gill Hornby
The Hive (31 page)
Gill Hornby is a writer and journalist. She is the mother of four children and lives with her husband, Robert Harris, in England.
The Hive
is her first novel.
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Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Epigraph
Autumn Term
The First Day of Term
The Day of Georgie’s Lunch
The Weekend of the Car Boot Sale
The Day of the Car Boot Sale
The Day of the Planning Meeting for the Ball
The Day of Bea’s Lunch
The Day of the Ball
Monday Morning
Spring Term
The First Day of Term
The Day of Heather’s Lunch
The Day of the Gourmet Gamble
The Day of Melissa’s Coffee Morning
Summer Term
The First Day of Term
The Day of the Quiz
Sports Day
Autumn Term
Autumn Term
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Newsletters
Table of Contents
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2013 by Gill Hornby
Cover design by Ploy Siripant
Cover hand-lettering by Joel Holland
Cover copyright © 2013 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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ISBN 978-0-316-23476-4