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Donna Parker Takes a Giant Step
Children's fiction
Donna Parker Takes a Giant Step
Book 7 of the Donna Parker series
Donna Parker reaches another important transition as her family and personal life push her toward greater maturity. A 'giant step' means accepting changes that cannot be handled with the assumptions she had as a younger teenager. Familiar friends and family provide continuity even as Donna must make decisions with more lasting consequences. Marcia Martin’s final Donna Parker novel brings the mid-century coming-of-age series toward a natural point of growth, emphasizing responsibility, relationships, and readiness for what comes next.
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- Fill a highball glass with ice and tonic water. Stir vanilla syrup into the cold brew and slowly pour it over the tonic.
- Garnish: Orange peel, optional.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Sparkling Pear Punch
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A slow-sipping glass of wine suits a lively, lighthearted reading mood.
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- 2 oz pear juice ↗
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 3 oz brut sparkling wine
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- Pour pear juice and lemon juice into a flute and top slowly with sparkling wine.
- Garnish: Thin pear slice or lemon twist.
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