Three active families head to the countryside to enjoy fun bike rides, paddles on the lake, boisterous dog walks and more. What fun! But soon it’s time to slow things down, so little ones and their grown-ups find a place to settle and engage in some calming meditation alongside nature.
Making a mistake may affect your mood or even ruin your day, but making a fatal mistake can change the course of your life forever. That is what this novel explores in a heartbreaking tale of loss, bereavement and guilt. When Nathan accidently runs into and kills a pedestrian, his life as he knows it is irreversibly changed. We follow Nathan’s story as he comes to terms with the emotional and legal consequences of his actions.
From Carnegie Medal-winning author Katya Balens comes this emotionally rich story of a boy’s life-transforming friendship with an elderly neighbour and his pigeons. Con’s dad has left, leaving him consumed by grief and guilt which he struggles to express except as violent anger. Con’s outbursts hurt and alienate friends and teachers, and worry his hard-working, long-suffering mother, but he seems powerless against their force.
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When Gale (extremely anxious, always sweaty, obsessed with drawing wizards) meets his new roommate Aiden (chronically jobless, naturally adorable and chaotic) he wants to hide away like he always does. But when Aiden struggles to land a job and put together his band’s first gig, Gale forces himself to step out of his comfort zone and help a potential friend in need.
Thirteen-year-old Gwen Clayton-Fenn moves into her late grandmother’s old house with her younger siblings after their mother’s death. The old house is situated on Gloam Island and is being looked after by their stepfather. The house – once a place of summer memories, has fallen into decay, filled with strange noises and creeping mouldy walls. The island itself is reachable only by causeway, its weather is damp and oppressive. If that’s not enough of creepiness, an arrival of the new babysitter, Esme brings something sinister to the siblings’ lives …
This book is the third in the Goldfish Boy series which revisits the homes of Matthew, Melody and Jake from Chestnut Close.
Bea, her older sister Hannah and her younger brother Dom are forced to flee from home when they find themselves in dangerous war zones having to make important decisions about where to go and who to trust. Their goal is to safely get to the embassy and reunite with their father, but will they be able to follow their plan?
Grieving the death of her father, Ava moves with her mum to Crawford, her grandparents’ home. The town is edged by forest and beset by crows, messengers who straddle the physical and spirit worlds. In return for guiding the dead to the afterlife, the birds demand payment in the form of memories, the life stories of those who are passing. When Ava’s grandmother begins to forget things, and Ava meets a strange, otherworldly boy who performs rituals with the crows, she must choose how far she will go to retrieve her beloved Nana’s memories.
Mae and her cat, Tiger, spend their days exploring their backyard garden ‘jungle’, playing and sharing every moment together. Their bond is full of joy and adventure … until the day Tiger is gone.
