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Sarah Forbes

    Sarah Forbes focuses on personal storytelling and uncovering intimate truths within everyday life. Her style is both poetic and accessible, fluidly shifting between seemingly ordinary details and deeper emotional resonances. Through her work, she invites readers to contemplate the complexities of human connection and the quiet power of life's moments. Her narratives are an exploration of resilience and the beauty found in common experiences.

    Elspeth Hart and the School for Show-offs
    • Elspeth Hart and the School for Show-offsis the first adventure featuring the fabulous Elspeth Hart, a modern heroine with doodles on her trainers and unstoppable determination. Can you imagine never being allowed to play outside, dear reader? How about sleeping in a wardrobe every night? That's what life is like for Elspeth Hart. Ever since her parents were tragically washed away in a flood, poor Elspeth has been forced to live with her disgusting aunt, Miss Crabb, in the attic of the Pandora Pants School for Show-offs. Elspeth spends her days sweeping up mouse droppings, washing filthy pots and dodging Tatiana Firensky, the most horrible show-off of all. But what Elspeth doesn't know is that things are about to change... A fast-paced and funny story from a fresh new voice in children's fiction, Elspeth Hart's quirky adventures will delight fans of David Walliams, Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl.

      Elspeth Hart and the School for Show-offs
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