Floss has decided to stay in London to help her amusingly creative, inept father run his failing, greasy spoon café rather than move to Australia with her mom, prosperous stepfather, and new brother. At school, she loses her superficial, snob friends, but she makes friends with smart, sensitive Susan. After several tough trials, Floss’s father finally puts the divorce behind him, meets cotton-candy maker and fortune-teller Rose, and the three make a plan for the future. Each chapter opens with comic-book sketches that preview the action. “Floss’s Glossary” helps readers with unfamiliar British terms. 2008 USBBY Outstanding International Books List. mjw

Originally published by Doubleday Great Britain, in 2006.