Neurodiversity, autism, social justice, identity, self-acceptance, empathy, family, bullying and personal growth.
Addie knows exactly who she is. Addie knows that sharks are more interesting than dolphins, she knows her favourite words in the thesaurus, and she knows that her older sisters are opposites.
And when Addie learns about the witch trials that happened in her hometown, she knows there is more to the story of these 'witches', just like there is more to her. As Addie tries to get her small town to make a memorial for the 'witches'. can she challenge the way they see her?
A Kind of Spark is a story about courage, friendship, and what it means to be different.
Poverty, social inequality, social division, class, friendship, solidarity, hope and resilience.
Three Friends.
Raphael, Gardo and Rat.
Living on a heap of trash, a lifetime of sifting rubbish.
One day they find something extraordinary - a deadly secret. From that moment they are hunted without mercy.
With danger snatching at their heels, the boys are chased from the city's dirty gutters to its wealthy avenues.
But they can't run for ever. They need a miracle.
Grief, loss, courage, emotional complexity, acceptance, isolation, connection and the struggle for control.
AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL OF LOVE, LOSS AND HOPE.
Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.
It wants the truth.
Courage, resistance, WWII, solidarity, interfaith collaboration, hope, identity, morality, human rights and compassion.
War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah's life changes for ever.
Her best friend's family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city.
It's not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous catacombs under Paris and lead the Jews to safety?