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the, s^/to^ry of Dina^/h L)ittle, a n=o- nonsense,?[= cu/rmudg [eo
_nly f`arme[%r, and %Ch(arlie, the un^#loved _niece who Dinah be,%gru*,+ dgi; ngl*y ta`%%k[ es in after discov\(e#ring her in @ an o+=rp hanage.$, Dinah's fa ]rm i-,++_s ;]#in the self-pr],[.oclaime?d "Pumpkin%/ Capital of $ )the,#[ World" where the big+!g-`est+= event of the ye
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_es, cut#^thr-[^:oat giant-p)um
!pkin-growi ng contest?# wi
th an enormous **)c/\ #ash@ pri-=ze. Charlie, who has] a special b ^ond w$\!ith# plants, d#ecides (^to ent.er the competitio)-$n/_ where she and the^\/ other pumpkin growers #fac e sabotage *and!; a genet @ic]ally engi?ne+-%ered rival. As [@she nu#
`rtures\$; h#$er [pu;`;mpk;+,in !*)‘Pe;=ter’ a,nd wa[tches him g-ro_:/w, so ;#/does a bond between Dinah an,d - Ch,% arlie.