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"I found out we're moving... / And [Mom] said you can't come with us. / So I decided I'm not moving!" This marks the first of several stages that a young porcupine goes through before she accepts that she'll no longer be living near her anteater bestie. Bagley's tenderhearted pen and watercolor art suits this emotional but ultimately clear-eyed tale.