Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea by Kit de Waal is the Read with Jenna selection for November 2026.

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Selection month: November 2026

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Cover of Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea

Kit de Waal

In 1970s London, a young nurse from St. Kitts is raising her son after a tragedy upends the future she imagined. An unexpected friendship with another boy and his grandfather gives her a new sense of family.

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