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Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine

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Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine is a children's book by Evaline Ness.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })It is about a girl named Sam who lives on an island with her father (who's an angler) and her cat Bangs and is home alone a lot. She makes a lot of things up, like Bangs can talk, she has a pet kangaroo, and her mother is a mermaid instead of dead. Most of the time, she's just playing but she also sometimes lies to her friend Thomas that these fantasies are true.One day, Sam's father tells her to "talk real, not moonshine". She doesn't really know what "moonshine" is, but she guesses that it means lies, or "flumadiddle" as she imagines Bangs putting it. Even though she promised her dad not to "talk moonshine", she tells Thomas that her mother and kangaroo are on a rock called Blue Rock, belatedly realising that Blue Rock gets covered by the tide and that's where the story's drama comes in.
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Dropped link to AnAesop: Not a Feature - IGNORE
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Catch Your Death Of Cold: Nearly drowning gives Thomas laryngitis.
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Invisible Parents: Thomas's parents aren't seen.
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Missing Mom: Sam's mother is dead.
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Meaningful Name: Sam names the gerbil she gives to Thomas "Moonshine" because that was the word her father used for lies, and it was her lies that led to Thomas nearly drowning.
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Death by Newbery Medal: Subverted. The book has won awards and it seems a bit heavy with Bangs and Thomas getting caught up in the tide, and Sam's father can't find Bangs due to him being "washed away"... but despite all this, Bangs survives.
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Half-Human Hybrid: Discussed. Sam pretends her mother is a mermaid.
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