β Scribed by Kate Maryon
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Two girls with two very different lives come together in this beautiful and moving story of friendship and family, by a major new voice in girlsβ fiction. Meet Maya. She has a cosy, comfy life with her slightly hippy mum and dad by the sea in Cornwall. But as an only child, Maya feels smothered by her parentsβ love and longs to be a given more freedom and independence; but what Maya wants more than anything is a sister. Meet Cat. Sheβs never known her dad and her mumβs an alcoholic and is not capable of looking after herself, let alone her 11 year old daughter. Catβs spent her life protecting her mum and keeping some dark secrets; all she wants is to be left alone. But Cat and Mayaβs worlds collide when Cat is taken into care and Mayaβs parents make the life-changing decision to adopt her. Maya canβt wait to welcome Cat into the family and hopes that by having a sister, her parents might learn to βchill outβ and give Maya a bit more freedom. But Cat is angry and resentful and...
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