Nicola Skinner

A beautifully written, incredibly original and wickedly funny novel for readers of 10 and older - BLOOM is for everyone who has ever felt like they didn't fit in, and for anyone who has ever wanted a little more colour and wildness in their lives... Sorrel Fallowfield is growing up - in a REALLY surprising way... Sorrel Fallowfield is so good at being good that teachers come to her when they need help remembering the school rules - and there are LOTS. Luckily, Sorrel doesn't have any trouble following them, until the day she discovers a faded packet of Surprising Seeds buried under a tree in her backyard. Now she's hearing voices, seeing things, experiencing an almost unstoppable urge to plant the Seeds in some very unusual places... and completely failing to win her school's competition to find The Most Obedient Child of the School. And all that's before flowers start growing out of her head...

Bloom

Storm

The extraordinarily moving, funny and original new novel from the author of the rapturously acclaimed BLOOM. "You were born raging, Frances Frida Ripley. That's what happens when you're born in a storm." Frances's parents were not prepared for her birth: they had a blanket and an easel and some paint, but not anything useful, like a car or a phone. So it's no wonder Frankie has always had a temper. She was born on a BEACH, in a STORM. What Frances was not prepared for was dying in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town. Waking up 100 years later, Frances finds a whole load of new things to be angry about. And that's before the visitors start turning up, treating her home like it's a tourist attraction. Which it is. Only there are worse people out there than tourists... and they're coming for Frankie. Frankie is about to discover that there are things more important than herself - and that anger has its uses. Because when you have a storm inside you - sometimes the only thing to do is let it out...

Starboard

The extraordinarily inventive and inspiring new middle grade novel from the rapturously acclaimed author of BLOOM.

Es wird bunt und wild und wunderbar! Melissas Heimatstadt ist betongrau und ordentlich. Für alles gibt es Regeln - und Melissa kann nichts so gut wie sie zu befolgen. Sie hat sogar den Titel »Folgsamstes Kind der Schule« zu verteidigen. Doch dann findet sie unter den Betonplatten auf ihrer Terrasse ein geheimnisvolles Päckchen voller Blumensamen, das alles auf den Kopf stellt. Plötzlich hört Melissa Stimmen und verspürt den Drang, die Samen auszusäen. Aber Agatha Merkwürdens Racheblumen sind launisch und suchen sich ihren ganz eigenen Weg. Und endlich blüht die Stadt wieder auf.

Agatha Merkwürdens Racheblumen

From critically acclaimed author Nicola Skinner comes her most brilliant book yet – a daring, thrilling, darkly comic story about staying true to yourself, and to the people you love, even if that means tearing everything down . . .

Giant

The sinister eeriness of Doll Bones meets the dark humor of Lemony Snicket in this smart middle grade ghost story. Frances—you can call her Frankie—was not a happy baby. She was born amidst chaos, to two loving but unprepared parents. On a beach. In a storm. No wonder she’s always had a temper. And you know what did nothing to quell her anger? Dying dramatically in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town. As a ghost, it’s not so easy for Frankie to hide her rage, especially when suspicious visitors to her ruined home seem to have a keen and ominous interest in her. But when you were born with a storm inside you—sometimes the only way to calm it is to finally let it out. Readers who loved the heart of books like Shouting at the Rain and Orphan Island will love following Frankie’s ghostly journey.

Bloom: The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield

Quando hai il coraggio di infrangere le regole accadono cose meravigliose. Sorrel Fallowfield sta crescendo. Sta crescendo in modo davvero sorprendente... È così brava a fare la brava che gli insegnanti, a scuola, si rivolgono a lei quando devono ricordare agli studenti le regole da seguire... e ce ne sono TANTISSIME. Per fortuna lei non ha mai avuto problemi a seguirle... fino al giorno in cui scopre un pacchetto sbiadito di "SEMI SORPRENDENTI" sepolto in giardino sotto un vecchio salice piangente. Di colpo inizia a sentire voci, a vedere cose, a provare un desiderio irresistibile di piantare quei semi in posti strani... e per la prima volta perde clamorosamente la gara per il titolo di Bambino più obbediente della scuola! E tutto questo prima che inizino a spuntarle dei fiori sulla testa. Età di lettura: da 11 anni.

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