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Four years ago, Millie lost her babybrother Noah before he could be born. She writes a journal to him, exploringher memories and emotions, and thinks about him every day. When she learns hermother is pregnant again, she writes to him about her anxieties. What if thenew baby dies like Noah did? Millie takes it upon herself to take care of hermum while she’s pregnant. She cooks, cleans, and brings her mum ginger tea whenshe feels sick in the morning. At school, she has two close friends, the bubblyextrovert, Charlie, and bookish introvert, Emma, who pull her in twodirections. But Chappy Leeann is there to help her sort out her feelings.Working together to support their parents and the drought affecting their sheepfarm, Millie grows closer to her older sister Vicky and learns to appreciatethe things in her life. As Millie shares all her feelings with Noah, shereassures her precious stillborn baby brother that even after her new siblingis born, she will always be his sister. Throughout it all, Millie learns justhow resilient and strong she really is. This book contains an important message about the impact of stillborn children onthe lives of siblings too, and highlights the importance of school chaplains intheir ability to help children through their emotions. Siblings are often overlooked as they grieve theloss of an expected baby.
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This book was written to represent homeschoolers and the lesser known sport of campdrafting, aswell as to encourage teenagers who feel insecure socially that it is worth making the effort to breakout of their comfort zone. It provides an authentic look at a homeschooled male teen who needs tolearn to challenge himself, in sports, in life, and in his social skills.Nick is a fifteen-year-old boy whose best friend is his little sister, and tends to be a bit of a loner.While Nick is the older brother Nick finds that his little sister does better in the sport of campdraftingthan he does. He tends to get nervous, makes hasty decisions and stuffs up. He feels awkward aroundthe other competitors. But Nick decides to join a local swim squad, he wants to challenge himself tomake some friends. Along the way he discovers he’s a competitive breaststroker, and works out howto fit in with a mixed group of teens, growing more independent in the process. The other 4 teens havea variety of personalities - a super friendly guy, super self-confident guy, and two girls, one whobecomes very interested in campdrafting and later asks Nick for riding lessons. He becomes goodfriends with one of the guys and goes to his place to ride motorbikes. The new mates come to see himcompete at a campdraft. He is more relaxed with the other competitors this time, and is moresuccessful in the competition.This book is unlike most others on the market, and will appeal because of its unique nature. Manyteens may have wondered about homeschooling. Campdrafting is a unique Australian sport that manymay not have heard of. Actual homeschoolers will feel validated to see themselves representedpositively in literature.