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3rd August 2015, The O'Brien Press, 192 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Content: self-harm, family life, school drama, hope, tissues needed
Summary from The O'Brien Press
Marie was hurting even before the accident. Between the mean girls
tormenting her by day and a ghostly cry waking her at night, her first
year at secondary school was far from what she had expected. But Marie
is now writing her story, the story of a very strange year and a very
special shell which was found in a most unexpected place.
Nayu's thoughts
The blurb
had hooked me, I wanted to know more why Marie was struggling so hard
that she ended up self-harming, as well as the power behind the
butterfly shaped shell. You'll need lots of tissues, there were few
points where I wanted to wrap her up in cotton wool, and make her
world right again. She definitely goes through a rough patch of life,
feeling unwanted and not at all useful, but, as she eventually discovers, she is far from alone.
Family is
the key to this story, family is what both causes her grief and helps
cure it. No matter how awful life is, there is usually something to
pull us through it, whether it's like the butterfly shell, an object,
or a person, clinging to it with all our might is often all we can do
until the storm passes. I want a sequel so I can find out what
happens next!
Available from bookstores including NRC affiliate Foyles.
Suggested read
Another tissue needing emotional read is Worry Magic by Dawn McNiff (Children's, 9 years +, 10E/10E)
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