Cecily Anne Paterson: 12 books

When you fall off your horse, it's hard to get back on. But this time, with everything on the line, Charlie's going to have to be brave. Unlike her drama-queen twin sister, Charlie Franks is always fine. At least she is until she has to start a new school, finds out she can't ride her new horse,...

Crazy twins, a grumpy horse, and a boy next door. In all the chaos of her family's move to the country how will Coco find out who her real friends are? Thirteen year old fashionista Coco Franks has finally made it into the popular group when her dad decides to move the whole family to the country...

When you don't know where you belong, who are you really? Jazmine’s deaf. And she’s getting tired. Tired of having to try hard, tired of fitting in, tired of pretending to be like everyone else. When Jaz goes to deaf camp, a new world opens up to her. A world where things are easier,...

Friendships should be easy, right? You like someone, they like you, you get on. End of story. But what happens when things don’t go like you think they should? Why do most people lie awake at night worrying about their relationships? What if your friendships are failing? What if your friends are...

“When I was smaller I thought that at some point in my life I’d reach the top of the mountain. You know, the place where you’re finally happy. The night I got a standing ovation in the school play was the night I got to the top. The trouble was, no one ever told me that I’d have to hike back...

Jazmine Crawford doesn’t make decisions. She doesn’t make choices. She doesn’t make friends. Jazmine Crawford only wants one thing: to be invisible. For Jazmine, it’s a lot easier to take out her hearing aid and drift along pretending that nothing’s wrong than it is to admit that she’s...

What do you say when your friend’s baby dies? What do you say when her second baby is tragically stillborn? Is there any ‘right’ way to respond to grief? And when you’re the one who’s suffering, how do you get through the day? What do you say to the God you follow, the God who could have...

Maddie tries to be nice to everyone. Even weird, chicken-obsessed Tahlia. BUT she’d way prefer to hang out with the cool K-girls at school. The only problem is that they don’t seem interested in her anymore. And at Year 6 camp Maddie has a decision to make: how far will she go to be popular? Will...

Abby Smart is planning to have the most awesome year ever. She's the leader of the Smart Girls Club and after winning the talent quest, her dream to be a musical singer looks like it might come true. And then Stella turns up, fluttering her mascara eyelashes. She’s way too cool for...

Jazmine Crawford non prende decisioni, non sceglie mai, non ha amici. Jazmine Crawford vuole solo una cosa: essere invisibile. Per lei è molto più semplice sfilare l’apparecchio acustico dal suo orecchio e lasciarsi trascinare via, fingendo che vada tutto bene, piuttosto che ammettere di avere il...

Finalmente Jazmine è felice, ma che succede quando tutte le persone che ha intorno iniziano a cambiare? «Quando ero più piccola pensavo che a un certo punto della mia vita avrei raggiunto la vetta della montagna. Sapete, il momento in cui finalmente sarei stata felice. La sera in cui ho ricevuto...

Il mio nome è Coco Franks e il giorno successivo al mio tredicesimo compleanno, la mia vita è diventata uno schifo. E’ stato tutto a causa di mio padre. Ho incolpato lui per ogni cosa. Con tre sole frasi è riuscito a sconvolgere completamente la mia famiglia e a rovinare la mia vita per sempre....