About the book When your present meets your past, what do you take with you - and what do you leave behind? Eadie Browne is an odd child with unusual parents, living in a strange house neighbouring the local cemetery. Bullied at school - but protected by her two best friends, Celeste and Josh, and… Continue reading The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne by Freya North
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Cuckoo in the Nest by Fran Hill
About the book It’s the heatwave summer of 1976 and 14-year-old would be poet Jackie Chadwick is newly fostered by the Walls. She desperately needs stability, but their insecure, jealous teenage daughter isn't happy about the cuckoo in the nest and sets about ousting her. When her attempts to do so lead to near-tragedy –… Continue reading Cuckoo in the Nest by Fran Hill
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
About the Book It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a landslide at a coal mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan.William decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will… Continue reading A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
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