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Year 5 is different for Alice Chang. She starts at a new private school, St. Mildred’s, and her world turns upside down. Alice’s best friend Gigi moves there, too, but the relationship is distant. Gigi was introduced to more teenage ‘staff’ during her holidays in France, and she thinks Alice is weird. In return, she tries to act cool and…
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A Boy and Moonimal (a three-eared soft toy rabbit), who are inseparable, experience feelings of loss and rescue. The Boy loves Moonimal from the moment he sees him in a charity shop, and they have some idyllic moments together until a tragic day in the forest when the child breaks his glasses and cannot find Moonimal. Interestingly, the story follows…
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Joseph Coelho offers another emotional story – “No Longer Alone”, which unfolds around the feelings of a coloured girl. The little girl’s behaviour differs from the children’s, so her nan, auntie and the teacher comment about her shyness and unwillingness to collaborate in a group. In an inner dialogue, the child believes she is confident and a talker, but times…
