A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

Camilla is out to impress all of her friends and because of this she is embarrassed to admit that she loves lima beans. Everything is fine until one day Camilla gets a case of the stripes... A Bad Case of Stripes. Will she learn to be true to herself?

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