New Releases by Jenny Valentine

More adventures of the irrepressible Iggy as told by her sister Flo, by Jenny Valentine, winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Finding Violet Park.

The first in a series of young fiction by Jenny Valentine, winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Finding Violet Park.

The second in a series of young fiction by Jenny Valentine, winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Finding Violet Park.

Two boys. One identity. He can change his life if he says yes...

La Rowan està molt segura que no és seu el negatiu de fotografia que aquell noi diu que li ha caigut i que li dóna tant sí com no. Pensa que potser ho fa per lligar o per fer-la quedar en ridícul davant de tothom allà a la cua del supermercat. No es pot imaginar que és el primer d''un seguit de fets que trasbalsaran la seva vida dura i complicada (perquè després de la mort del seu germà gran, que tant admirava, els pares se separen, la mare cau en una depressió, i ells es fa càrrec de fet de la seva germana petita) i que li faran veure que la vida també té una altra cara.

Me: Lucas Swain—I''m nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed. The Missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It''s enough to drive you crazy. The Dead: That''s Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy—I know she''s trying to tell me something, and I think it''s about my father. . . . A dead lady may not be much to go on, but my dad''s out there somewhere, and it''s up to me to find out where.

Positive. Negative. It''s how you look at it. . . . Someone shoves a photo negative into Rowan''s hands. She is distracted but, frankly, she has larger problems to worry about. Her brother is dead. Her father has left. Her mother won''t get out of bed. She has to take care of her younger sister. And keep it all together . . . But Rowan is curious about the mysterious boy and the negative. Who is he? Why did he give it to her? The mystery only deepens when the photo is developed and the inconceivable appears. Everything is about to change for Rowan. . . . Finally, something positive is in her life. Award-winning author Jenny Valentine delivers a powerful and life-affirming story of grief, friendship, and healing that will resonate long after the last page.

When a series of chance events leaves him in possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Londoner, Lucas Swain, becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father''s sudden disappearance--Résumé de l''éditeur.