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188 p. : ill. Cherry Waterton is miserable. She hates her new stepfather, a children's book illustrator, who tries to win her over by slipping coded messages under her door. She is especially upset when his allergies cause her mum to break her promise to buy a dog. Worst of all, her mother suddenly announces that she is expecting a baby. Cherry misses her dad, who lives miles from London. She complains about her problems to her best friend, Melanie, aka Skinny Melon, but Melanie thinks that Cherry is lucky to have someone like her stepfather. First published: 1996.