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Sally Nicholls is the highly-acclaimed author of several books for children. She has been nominated for numerous awards and has won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Independent Booksellers Week Award. She lives in Oxford.

"Nicholls, in this short novel, deftly explores the emotions a child feels in adjusting to a new family member. Anyone who has experienced this adjustment will feel deeply for Abby." – Books for Keeps"This is a lovely story that talks about family in a way that is very approachable and understandable … A must have for the empathy collection in your library." – The School Librarian"Beautifully handled, this is a story that evokes empathy for … Abby, Dad and Jen. Each of them is struggling, loving, trying to get it right … and finally succeeding. Who knew that ‘adults are human beinsg too’?!" – An Awfully Big Blog Adventure"This story shows how important acceptance, understanding and empathy are in how we develop relationships with new people in our lives." – Scope for Imagination