A warm and witty tale of best friends, birthdays, rivalry and learning to share from award-winning author, Annabel Pitcher.
Annabel Pitcher Book order (chronological)
January 1, 1982
This author, who studied English at Oxford, has worked as a scriptwriter and an English teacher. Her literary contributions are characterized by insightful observations and emotional depth. Drawing on her background in creative writing and education, she now dedicates herself fully to her writing career. Her novels offer profound reflections that deeply resonate with readers.
The Last Days of Archie Maxwell
- 150 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Full of love, humour and heartbreak, this beautifully crafted YA novella from the multi award-winning author of Ketchup Clouds and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a compassionate and distinctive tale of modern family life and its issues. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 13+
Silence is Goldfish
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
SILENCE IS GOLDFISH is a story that demands to be heard. 'I have a voice but it isn't mine. It used to say things so I'd fit in - to please my parents, to please my teachers. It used to tell the universe I was something I wasn't. It lied.' Fifteen-year-old Tess doesn't mean to become mute. At first, she's just too shocked to speak. And who wouldn't be? Discovering your whole life has been a lie because your dad isn't your real father is a pretty big deal. Tess sets out to find the truth of her identity, and uncovers a secret that could ruin multiple lives. But can she ask for help when she's forgotten how to use her voice? This is the third YA novel from the bestselling and prizewinning author of MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTELPIECE and KETCHUP CLOUDS.
Zoe, a teenager in Bath, England, writes letters to a death-row inmate in Texas, hoping to find comfort in sharing her guilty secret over the death of a friend with someone who can never tell her family.
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
- 221 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Ten-year-old Jamie hasn't cried since it happened. He knows he should have - Jasmine cried, Mum cried, Dad still cries. Roger didn't, but then he is just a cat and didn't know Rose that well, really. Everyone kept saying it would get better with time, but that's just one of those lies that grown-ups tell in awkward situations. Five years on, it's worse than ever: Dad drinks, Mum's gone and Jamie's left with questions that he must answer for himself. This is his story, an unflinchingly real yet heart-warming account of a young boy's struggle to make sense of the loss that tore his family apart.