Once There Was A Boy
Through out these pages the story flows gently, like the sea it depicts on many of those pages, a restrictive rhyme and rhythm is just not needed here.
Through out these pages the story flows gently, like the sea it depicts on many of those pages, a restrictive rhyme and rhythm is just not needed here.
‘I feel nothing inside, just a big, empty hole – and I hope it stays like that because the idea of feeling anything is unbearable.’ Tough themes have been a recurring themes in many novels during the past 18 months in particular. Think The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and A Monster Calls…
Ketchup Clouds from Annabel Pitcher, is a stunning follow up to her highly acclaimed inaugural novel… My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece. Ketchup Clouds featured in The Waterstones Children’s Book prize 2013. Zoe is riddled with guilt. She needs to confess. She can’t confide in her parents, the truth is too awful. A search on the internet leads her…
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