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    Herbert Sherbet
    Herbert Sherbet
    Herbert Sherbet
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    Herbert Sherbet

    By Angela Hope

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    Herbert (Sherbet) Blundell lives above his dad’s sweet shop. He was teased about his name and ginger hair. He wants to be a comedian. Will he finally get the last laugh.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAngela Hope
    Release dateMay 21, 2014
    ISBN9781311948892
    Herbert Sherbet
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    Angela Hope

    Born in the UK and emigrated to Perth Australia with my husband and two daughters. I am a retired Author and Artist who was inspired to write children’s stories when my first grand daughter was born. I wrote 30 stories and had been accepted by a publisher that unfortunately went bankrupt in 1995. My husband creates my book covers and has illustrated some of my children's stories. I self-published, finally putting them and my latest stories, for all age groups FREE to read online or download worldwide. I have written 54 FREE books for eBook outlets. This is my hobby and not for profit.I live in Western Australia. You can contact me on angelahope@bigpond.com

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      Herbert Sherbet - Angela Hope

      Herbert Sherbet

      by

      Angela Hope

      Smashwords Edition

      Published by Angela Hope at Smashwords

      Herbert Sherbet

      Copyright 2014 by Angela Hope

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      Herbert (Sherbet) Blundell lived in a sweet shop owned and run by his parents.

      Growing up he had lots of school friends, but realized at an early age that the reason he had so many friends, was that he lived in the flat above his dad’s shop.

      Every day after school boys would want to walk home with him hoping to be invited in to play, but mainly to stuff their mouths with free sweets. That doesn’t include his best friend David Ian Price who lived on the other side of town, he rarely went anywhere after school during the week, his parents always drove him to and from school: Weekends were the only time the boys could get together, have sleepover’s and watch the comedy channels. Both had the same sense of humour and talked about being comedians when they grow up.

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