"A much-needed book that will strike a chord with so many girls - and help them dare to be different." - Jacqueline WilsonMolly is in her final year of primary school, with secret dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer. Having always lived in the shadow of her manipulative friend, Chloe, Molly finally has the chance to compete in a regional swimming contest and define herself on her own terms. But with the pressure of fitting in, and the sudden arrival of her mysterious mum, will she give up on...
When Can I Go Back to School (Big Little Hearts, #1)
by Anna Friend
When an elderly man agrees to let twelve-year-old Hummer train his Arabian horse for a competitive trail ride, it is the one bright spot in her difficult life living with a mentally ill mother and a father who won't recognize the problem.
ls Georgia's mind playing tricks on her, or is the entire town walking into the arms of a killer who has everyone but her fooled? When seventeen year old Georgia's brother drowns while surfing halfway around the world in Australia, she E refuses to believe that Lucky's death was just bad luck. Lucky was smart. He wouldn't have surfed in waters more E dangerous than he could handle. Then a stranger named Fin arrives in False Bay, claiming to have been Lucky's best friend. Soon Fin is working for...
In this companion to Tornado Brain, a moving tale of loss and healing comes full circle. Tess has always understood her role in her family. She is supposed to be the "okay" one. The one no one has to worry about. But all Tess does is worry, constantly picking at her fingers every time a new worry arises. Still grieving her best friend's death, she is consumed by the fear that everything was her fault and her sadness that Colette is never coming back. Worse still, it seems like everyone else has...
Have you ever felt worried about doing well at school? Do you ever feel anxious at the thought of doing new things? Read about Ava and Noah, and what they did when they felt worried. This book focuses on worrying and all the feelings that this common emotion stirs up. The two stories, told from a child's point of view, help children identify and understand their feelings through everyday scenarios. Through questions for the reader, and advice, this books helps guide them and gently teaches the...
Sophia has a BIG problem. She’s AFRAID of water. What’s even worse is she’s a SWAN. Everyone knows all swans love water. Her good friend Ollie Owl has an idea. Sophia can overcome her fear of water by setting a goal. Taking several small steps toward that goal will help her achieve it. Wanting to play in the lake with her friends and swim like the other swans, Sophia agrees. As the steps become more difficult, Sophia has to gather more and more courage to accomplish each one. Can Sophia achieve...
Charlie has a BIG problem. He’s AFRAID of leaving his mother. What’s even worse is he’s missing out on fun things because of it, like going to sleepovers. His good friend Ollie Owl has an idea. Charlie can overcome his fear of leaving his mother by setting a goal. Taking several small steps toward that goal will help him achieve it. Wanting to participate in sleepovers, Charlie agrees. As the steps become more difficult, Charlie has to gather more and more courage to accomplish each one. Can Cha...
A comforting primer in emotional literacy and mindfulness that suggests we approach the feeling of sadness as if it is our guest. Sadness can be scary and confusing at any age! When we feel sad, especially for long periods of time, it can seem as if the sadness is a part of who we are--an overwhelming, invisible, and scary sensation. In When Sadness Is at Your Door, Eva Eland brilliantly approaches this feeling as if it is a visitor. She gives it a shape and a face, and encourages the reader t...
Callie Morgan has long lived choked by the failure of her own lungs, the result of an elusive pulmonary illness that has plagued her since childhood. A childhood marked early by the drowning death of her mother--a death to which Callie was the sole witness. Her father has moved them inland, away from the memories of the California coast her mother loved so much and toward promises of recovery--and the escape of denial--in arid, landlocked air.
Best friends Hannah and Zoe, seventeen, leave their down-and-out New Jersey town and drive west chasing storms, making new friends, and seeking the intangibles--audacity, insouciance, happiness--that their lives have lacked. Hannah and Zoe leave their New Jersey town and drive west chasing storms, making new friends, and seeking the intangibles--audacity, insouciance, happiness--that their lives have lacked. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and drug use.
Her mother is ill, her father can't cope and everybody expects Gemma to sort things out. Even her role in the school play is in jeopardy. Torn between her family and her dreams, will she find the strength to do the right thing? And is the right thing for her the best thing for her family?
When Caitlyn meets Shayne, she is immediately drawn to his haunted eyes, even though her best friend, Sophia, warns her to stay away from him because he might be contagious. Then, Caitlyn finds herself pitted against her own thoughts in a desperate race to escape the darkness that wants to swallow her whole. To distract herself while Sophia has gone on holiday to a sunny beach, Caitlyn creates Hannah in a popular online virtual world. Caitlyn does everything in her power to pull Hannah into t...
Uncover the ghost animals within in this moving and uplifting story about finding help where you need it, from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator of The Hunt for the Nightingale. Nora's mum has good days and bad days, but the bad days are getting worse. It's been just the two of them for always, and they don't need anyone else. When the rainbow-shimmering ghost animals Nora used to see when she was small start to reappear, she's convinced that they hold all the answers. Along wit...