The story centers on Hurricane, a reserved girl living with her dynamic Aunt Claire, who has strong opinions and a flair for Latin phrases. Initially withdrawn, Hurricane's life transforms as she encounters a group of unexpected friends, including a scruffy cat, who encourage her to express herself and embrace her individuality. This journey of self-discovery highlights themes of friendship, resilience, and the struggle to find one's voice in a challenging environment.
When Pauline is sent to work for another carnival, Bee is lost.Then a scruffy
dog shows up, as unwanted as she, and Bee realizes that she must find a home
for them both.
Rosie must get Augustus back. He may be a big, sloppy dog and her grandpa
Harry says he can't live in the flat, but he forgets how much you can love a
dog. He is the true-blue friend of Rosie's soul and she will do anything to
find him. Rosie is about to embark on an incredible adventure .
In this debut poetry collection by award-winning author Kim Fu, incantations, mythical creatures and extreme violence illuminate small scenes of domestic life and the banal tragedies of modern love and modern death.A sharp edge of humour slices through Fu's poetry, drawing attention to the distance between contemporary existence and the basic facts of life: "In the classrooms of tomorrow, starved youth will be asked to imagine a culture that kept thin pamphlets of poetry pinned to a metal box full of food, who honoured their gods of plenty by describing ingredients in lush language."Alternating between incisive wit and dark beauty, Fu brings the rich symbolism of fairy tales to bear on our image-obsessed age. From "The Unicorn Princess" "She applies gold spray paint to her horn each morning, / hoping to imitate the brass tusks / on the unicorns skewered to the carousel, / their brittle, painted smiles, harnesses / embedded in their backs and shellacked to high gloss." These poems are utterly of-the-moment, capturing the rage, irony and isolation of the era we live in.
Lenore is Cornelia’s mother and Cornelia’s fix-up project. What does it matter that Cornelia won’t talk to anyone and is always stuck in the easiest English class at school, even though she’s read more books than anyone else? She feels strong in the fixing. She cooks vegetable soup so Lenore will eat something other than Ring Dings; she lures her out of bed with strong coffee and waffles. She looks after the house when Lenore won’t get out of bed at all. So when Lenore and her boyfriend take off for Vegas leaving Cornelia behind with eccentric Aunt Agatha, all Cornelia can do is wait for her to come back. Aunt Agatha sure doesn’t want any fixing. Maybe this time it’s Cornelia who could use it?From the Hardcover edition.
