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If you ask a lot of children in Grade Five what their favourite book is, they might tell you that it is Faceless Friends by Vivian Sharon Odongo.
The book's blurb reads, "Musembei and Diana have made friends on social media, but they do not tell their parents or guardians. Some of the friends have profile pictures of famous people they see on TV. After chatting for a while, Musembei and Diana start trusting their new friends who seem to be caring and understanding. The friends even offer to buy them nice things. But there is a catch; they want Musembei and Diana to fulfil a deal before they receive their gifts..."
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