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CROWSCARE & the GNARLY QUEEN

Lyrical and lovely middle grade chapter book about forging new and precious friendships with trees.<br><br>When Crowscare the dog runs away and leaves Cai all alone, there is nothing else for it but to follow her through the hawthorn hedge. The pair find a wild natural world on their doorstep, and Cai discovers a fabulous talent, to be able to talk to trees...<br><br>They learn that the Root-Kin are threatened by human ignorance and pollution - but what can little Cai and the wild-spirited Crowscare possibly do to save them and the Gnarly Queen?

FINDERS KEEPERS

An 11+ YA story about finding a space in the world. <br><br>The story of Emilie, a twelve year old girl who has retreated into silence and seclusion following the death of her father. She sustains her own rich inner world by searching the detritus left on the mudflats of the River Thames, and this leads her to find a refugee Somali boy who becomes a fellow ‘seeker’. <br><br>Despite their many differences, they share artistic vision and understanding, and soon find something they consider treasure. In their quest for what it is, they realise their own place in the world.

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