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A poignant story about an unwanted child with an ultimately uplifting message and a supernatural twist. From the award-winning author of Ways to Live Forever.
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Friendship forms between two struggling teen girls in the foster system in this poignant story with a supernatural twist, from acclaimed author Sally Nicholls.
This story is going to sound strange. I can't help that. I can only tell you what happened.
Clare first met Maddy on a horrible day. Then again, most days are horrible for Clare. She's learned that it's not worth making friends when you're a foster kid and you'll be moved on soon anyway.
But Maddy makes Clare see things differently. Maddy, with her strange clothes and strange ideas, who understands what it's like to be in care. But then Maddy disappears, and Clare finds that now she has opened her heart, she can't let go …
Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 8.
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ISBN: 9781781123133
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Audience: Children, Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 120g
Pages: 72
About the Author
Sally Nicholls is the highly-acclaimed author of several books for children. She has been nominated for numerous awards and has won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Independent Booksellers Week Award. She lives in Oxford.
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