Author(s): Janice Marriott

YA Fiction

Alana is twelve and shes slowly losing her sight, and she's not coping with the idea of how her life will change. But when two new children move into her neighbourhood, she's forced into making some changes anyway and gradually becomes less rigid in her thinking. Tommy is obsessed with his absent father, and the idea of flying but he's really struggling to cope with a dysfunctional mother and toying with the idea of suicide. Amira is a political refugee struggling to learn English, and Alana has to learn patience and understanding as she takes Amira under her wing.