PAULINE FISK

Charis es una niña solitaria de familia humilde. Su refugio es Castle Cove, un lugar medio en ruinas en un acantilado. Allí ha construido su guarida, y hasta ha colgado un póster de Johnny Depp. Un dia encuentra a Frankie, la chica mas rica de la ciudad. Incomprensiblemente, se hacen amigas y juntas amueblan a Frankie le sobran muebles su cueva, hasta se inventan un lenguaje secreto. Todo va bien hasta que Frankie confesa a Charis que pierde sangre; al principio, las dos estan muy emocionadas, pues creen que le ha venido la regla, pero el diagnostico es otro: Frankie tiene cancer. A partir de alli se suceden las operaciones, los tratamientos, y los mensajes por email, pero tambien el distanciamiento entre las dos niñas, los problemas entre los padres de Frankie, que afrontan la enfermedad de forma diferente, etc. Charis recuerda que Frankie le conto una vez que tuvo un sueño, volar, y decide, como sea, hacerlo realidad. La novela esta escrita desde el punto de vista de Charis y nos cuenta, sin dramatismos, su dificil paso de la niñez a la adolescencia. A pesar de todo, no es una novela triste, sino mas bien optimista y, por encima de todo, muy humana.

When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings, she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms. What is she doing in the water, who is she, where can she go? And so begins the unfolding of a story, that snakes and turns like the river itself, surprising the reader on every level. A wonderful magical fantasy of a story that follows the journey of a girl''s life over many centuries and across huge terrain. Pauline Fisk is a marvellous story teller whose canvas is huge and whose delving into mythology makes for astounding reading. Praise for "Sabrina Fludde": ''Ancient and modern worlds are cleverly entwined in a multi-layered novel packed with big writing and even bigger ideas'' - "Guardian". ''A magical, dreamy fantasy that takes hold if you and, like the river, carries you along in its powerful current'' - "Financial Times".

All around him, the smell of trees rose from the ground, earthy and dank, just the way hed smelt it that first day. And hed heard a voice that day, which hed thought was calling out a welcome. But really it had been calling out for help.Kid Catos come to Belize, on the Caribbean coast. Hes left behind his life in London and is looking for his dad. But what he finds instead is a group of gap year volunteers. Theyre just the boring, do-good types hes always hated, but hes stuck with them. Stuck with the jungle too - but, by the time its done with him, hel never be the same. And neither will Kids new companions. Living in the trees will change them all.Forest are like lungs. They breathe life into us and make us one. Here we are from worlds apart. And thanks to the forest were sharing one life. Where we come from doesnt matter, or what we once were in the past. Its what we are now that matters. Its what we make of ourselves.