Twelve-year-old Abby has a lot to worry about: Climate change. The news. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And now moving to Florida for her mom's new job at an aerospace company.On the Space Coast, Abby meets two boys, Adam and Bix, who tell her they're "a long way from home" and need her help. Abby
A Long Way From Home
โ Scribed by Glass, Cathy
- Book ID
- 110307192
- Publisher
- Harper Element
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780008275891
- ASIN
- B074ZXPHC8
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โฆ Synopsis
The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage.
Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldnt have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why was she now in foster care and living with me? It didnt make sense.
Until I learned what had happened.
Dressed only in nappies and ragged T-shirts the children were incarcerated in their cots. Their large eyes stared out blankly from emaciated faces. Some were obviously disabled, others not, but all were badly undernourished. Flies circled around the broken ceiling fans and buzzed against the grids covering the windows. The only toys were a few balls and a handful of building bricks, but no child played with them. The silence was deafening and unnatural. Not one of the thirty or so infants cried, let alone spoke.
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About the Author
Cathy has been a foster carer for over 25 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds. She has three teenage children of her own; one of whom was adopted after a long-term foster placement. The name Cathy Glass is a pseudonym.
Cathy has written 18 books, including bestselling memoirs Damaged, Cut, and Will You Love Me?
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**Twelve-year-old Abby has a lot to worry about: Climate change. The news. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And now moving to Florida for her mom's new job at an aerospace company.** On the Space Coast, Abby meets two boys, Adam and Bix, who tell her they're "a long way from home" and need her help