She always wins. Except today is different. We’ve had these freak snowstorms and the whole island is kneedeep in snow. It’s all right for tractors because they can plough through it without any trouble, but for us it means we have to slip and slide and crunch our way home. Max is busy making mass...
I’ve been out surfing with Luca loads of times now and I want to hurry so I can go and meet him again. But Cat’s being really annoying. She wants to do it really, really neatly, just like her colouring in. “I don’t want you to go surfing, anyway,” she says. “I hate it when you go.” “I wish you’d ...
I can’t help snapping. “It’s really important you tell me, Connor!” I say. “I think Beckett gave you the bunny and I need to find him. Urgently!” “Stop asking me questions,” Connor yells. “I told you! I don’t know him. I’ve never heard of him!” “Does a man with brown curly hair ever come over?” I...
“Try and sleep it off,” she says. But I can’t sleep. I have too much stuff whizzing around my head. I need to be much more ill than this for the army to send my dad back home. I clutch my tummy. “Ooooowww,” I cry. “Mum, I think I might have appendicitis. I’m in so much pain. I really need the hos...
Sometimes it takes time to find the right words to tell somebody something that might be difficult for them to hear. And I’ve waited the whole of my life, so there’s no hurry now. My dad sighs. “She was on her way to the airport,” he says, “she was flying to Japan for a big series of concerts. Sh...