Responding to change
Scarlett is moved from London to her father’s home in Ireland and initially wants to leave.
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Cathy Cassidy - Author
This is a family-and-school story about a troubled young person adjusting to a new home, school and relationships. Its central movement is from anger and resistance towards greater acceptance and hope.
Scarlett's in trouble at school. Again. With black fingernails and dyed ketchup-red hair, she's not your average twelve-year-old Londoner. So her mum—sick of trying to get her into another school—ships Scarlett to her father's cottage in Ireland. Having to learn Gaelic in a one-room schoolhouse and enduring a new stepmum and younger stepsister is just too much. Scarlett wants to leave—until she meets Kian. He seems too good to be true with his dark, rugged looks, kind nature, and horse named Midnight. As Kian helps Scarlett let go of her anger, she begins to accept her family, her friendships, and most of all, her dreams.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a family-and-school story about a troubled young person adjusting to a new home, school and relationships. Its central movement is from anger and resistance towards greater acceptance and hope.
Scarlett is moved from London to her father’s home in Ireland and initially wants to leave.
Scarlett must live with her father, new stepmother and younger stepsister while attending a different school.
Kian helps Scarlett let go of anger, and she begins to accept her friendships and her dreams.
Scarlett’s school trouble and anger may deserve attention, as may the arrival of a stepfamily and the pressure of adapting to a different school and language.
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