The latest in the Silly Gilly Gil series. After his grandpa dies, Gil goes to a big church party called a funeral. But when he gets in trouble for using his out

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Following the murder of their childhood friend, Grace Ann, Ellott—a single, 40-something librarian—and her roommate, Rosie—a divorced mother of three—co