"Det var Arja och Råttiz!"

En inkännade och lyhörd berättelse av Alma-pristagaren Sonya Hartnett om hur det kan vara att bliorättvist beskylldav sina föräldrar för saker man inte gjort.
Hannas händer -Arja och Råttiz - gör en massa bus. Det kan de inte rå för, det bara blir [...]

What?s the hook?Mesmerising writing and a stunning story draws the reader in from the beginning.What are the themes?Families, generations, love and other cultures.Teaching points?An excellent model for exploring metaphor and symbolism with lyrical descriptive passages that offer fantastic models for[...]

Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett crafts a magical and moving fable about war and redemption . . . and what it means to be free.
When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness,[...]

Internationally acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett tells a hauntingly beautiful story set during World War II.
Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with their uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily and May find two my[...]

A teenage boy visits to the home of 75-year-old Matilda. She tells him the story of her life with Feather, a man who lived by the sea and had a great affinity for birds and wild creatures. She speaks of her love for him and how, long ago, she had become pregnant but miscarried, and he left her.[...]

It's the Second World War and, with London becoming an increasingly dangerous place to live, the Lockwood children are whisked away to the Heron Hall, to stay with their Uncle Peregrine in the countryside. But when they discover two strange boys hiding in a nearby derelict castle, the past and prese[...]

HANNAS HÄNDER heter Arja och Råttiz. För det mesta är de snälla: kittlar pappa på örat, klappar mamma på håret, dallrar med farmors mage. Men ibland gör de massa bus: klämmer sönder, drar lillebror i öronen, klöser! Alla säger att lillebror är snäll som en ängel. Men en dag har nå[...]

Harper Flute växer upp på den dammiga landsbygden i Australien under 1930-talets svåra depression. Hennes familj försöker desperat överleva fattigdomen och misären. När livet blir allt hårdare försvinner Harpers yngre bror Tin ner i jorden under husets veranda. Där gräver han en labyrint[...]