Cammie McGovern – författare

A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chesterand Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fansof Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo.After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes anindependent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester. Chester is a servicedog to his person, a boy named Gus, and Chester knows just the girl to beFranklin’s person—Gus’s classmate, Amelia.Amelia loves cats, but has a harder time with people.Franklin understands her, though, and sees how much they have in common. WhenAmelia gets into some trouble at school, Franklin wants to help the girl who’sdone so much to help him. He’s not sure how, yet, but he’s determined totry.This sweet and moving novel demonstrates how powerful thebond between pets and people can be, while thoughtfully depicting aneurodivergent tween’s experience.

For nine years Adam has been the centre of his mother, Cara’s, world. And, she thinks, she has been the centre of his. Until the day he disappears. When he is found in the woods behind his school, beside the body of a little girl whom Cara has never heard of before, it feels as if her world has been torn apart. As Adam is locked into silence, unable to tell his mother what he has seen, Cara’s desperation to understand her little boy becomes fiercer than ever. A heartrending, utterly unputdownable story of the tangled bond between mother and child, Eye Contact engages the heart and will not let it go.