It’s hard to believe how much has happened between finishing school and starting back again tomorrow. So I’m going to remember this summer holiday forever, even when I’m an old lady with grey hair and wrinkly skin. Then after him I kept wishing and wishing and wishing but she never came along. Grow into the awesome adults that appear before me.įor Lily, Paige, Brooke, Ellie, Anna & Kitty. Or dragged away by a wave, and that you all survived to I’m so relieved that no one actually did get blown off a cliff Thank you for trusting a batty Sponge like me to take care of you! The kiss of your childhoods’ - still warm on my cheek. But Cat is angry and resentful and resists Maya’s attempts at friendship and soon Maya’s idea of a perfect family is blown out of the water.Īs tensions rise and secrets come out, will the girls ever become friends, let alone sisters? Read moreįor all the wonderful adventures we shared!īeaches, campfires, tents, rain, sunshine, parks, oat burgers,Ī303, M3, Stonehenge, swimming, theme parks, picnics,Ĭrimean wars, stories, sleepovers, mud, sand, forests and hills.

Maya can’t wait to welcome Cat into the family and hopes that by having a sister, her parents might learn to ‘chill out’ and give Maya a bit more freedom. Cat’s spent her life protecting her mum and keeping some dark secrets all she wants is to be left alone.īut Cat and Maya’s worlds collide when Cat is taken into care and Maya’s parents make the life-changing decision to adopt her. She’s never known her dad and her mum’s an alcoholic and is not capable of looking after herself, let alone her 11 year old daughter.

But as an only child, Maya feels smothered by her parents’ love and longs to be a given more freedom and independence but what Maya wants more than anything is a sister.

She has a cosy, comfy life with her slightly hippy mum and dad by the sea in Cornwall. 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 girls’ fiction.

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