title: Sterling Stories (2nd Edition)
author:  Yvonne Collioud Sisko 
description: "Sterling Stories" is a collection of very short, readable stories written by a diverse collection of authors. The 12-piece anthology was carefully designed to maximize students' reading and writing abilities using a rich and diverse literature collection.
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  ## About the Author
  
  
  Evie Grace was born in Kent, and one of her earliest memories is of picking
  cherries with her grandfather who managed a fruit farm near Selling. Holidays
  spent in the Kent countryside and the stories passed down through her family
  inspired her to write _Half a Sixpence_.
  
  
  Evie now lives in Devon with her partner and dog. She has a grown-up daughter
  and son.
  
  
  She loves researching the history of the nineteenth century and is very
  grateful for the invention of the washing machine, having discovered how the
  Victorians struggled to do their laundry.
  
  
  _Half a Sixpence_ is Evie’s first novel in her Kentish trilogy. _Half a Heart_
  and _Half a Chance_ will follow.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![title page for Half a Sixpence](../images/title_page.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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