Two girls with two very different lives come together in this beautiful and moving story of friendship and family, by a major new voice in girls' fiction. Meet Maya. She has a cosy, comfy life with her slightly hippy mum and dad by the sea in Cornwall. But as an only child, Maya feels smothered by her parents' love and longs to be a given more freedom and independence; but what Maya wants more than anything is a sister. Meet Cat. She's never known her dad and her mum's an alcoholic and is not capable of looking after herself, let alone her 11 year old daughter. Cat's spent her life protecting her mum and keeping some dark secrets; all she wants is to be left alone. But Cat and Maya's worlds collide when Cat is taken into care and Maya's parents make the life-changing decision to adopt her. Maya can't wait to welcome Cat into the family and hopes that by having a sister, her parents might learn to 'chill out' and give Maya a bit more freedom. Ages 9-11.
PRAISE FOR A MILLION ANGELS: "Heart-warming, thought-provoking and full of feeling -- a wise, wonderful read." CATHY CASSIDY PRAISE FOR SHINE: "[Kate Maryon] understands a child's deepest feelings, including the negative ones, and she allows Tiff to run through the gamut of them as she slowly works her way through feelings of abandonment, loneliness, fear and anger, until eventually happiness and love can resurface. Readers will recognise all her thoughts. It's an uplifting story which begins with a huge disaster and ends with a new start for everyone. It will reassure and comfort its readers and it exactly inhabits their emotional landscape! I think tween girls are going to love it." [Four stars] TheBookBag.co.uk PRAISE FOR GLITTER: "Heart-warming and a cut above the rest." The Daily Express "I read Shine in 4 days and I think that it is amazing. I was glued to it, which made my mum quite annoyed especially when I was supposed to be getting to sleep." Olivia, aged 10 "Shine is favourite book in the world! It is the first long book that I have actually read all the way through. Usually I start reading and get bored half way through. This is a great book and I would DEFINITELY recommend it! Kiera, aged 10 "Shine is amazing. I really loved it so much." Dana, aged 10 "OH MY GOSH! I have just finished Glitter. IT'S THE BEST BOOK EVER, and (honestly) I haven't had my head out the book for at least 4 or 5 hours tonight as I was tempted to get to the end. I really like the way (both of your books really) have realistic problems that I could be in right now, makes me really feel for the character." Vistie, aged 8 "[Glitter] is now my favourite book that's not teenage fiction (I read a lot of teenage books and rarely like 8-12 books!!) but I think this is a great book for everyone's age!!!" Amazon review "The best thing about this book is that just when you're not expecting it something will happen. I thought this book was very real and understanding and I really recommend it." Ella, aged 9
Title: A Sea of Stars
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Kate Maryon
ISBN 13: 9780007464647
ISBN 10: 0007464649
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books
Publication Date: 3/08/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Fiction
NBS Classification: Children's Fiction
Dewey Classification:
823.92
(DC23)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Weight: 220g