When the Bough Breaks

Finding Sophie

No Moon

The Tiniest Tree El Arbolito

The python of Pura Malai and other stories

Pons and the Miracle of Réunion Island

Witcheficent’s Bat Stew

Sally's Story (My Place for Junior Readers)

Thirteen-year-old Katie is an unwilling summer guest in the Victorian home of her Halifax grandparents. All she wants to do is stay in her attic bedroom and brood. Disgruntled over her new stepmothers pregnancy and how a baby might affect her life, Katie takes refuge in her dreams of playing the part of the disagreeable orphan Mary Lennox in the upcoming school production of The Secret Garden.When Katie sees a shadow on her bedroom wall of an old-fashioned girl holding a flower, she tries to convince herself it is caused by moonlight. But the girl reappears and shares her life with Katie, reaching across the years to her. Is she a ghost? As Katie searches for some tangible evidence of the girls presence, she discovers a package of letters from World War I containing clues to a bygone time when British orphans were sent to Canada as Home Children. In this haunting journey of a young girl looking for answers and an orphan girl from the past who tries to provide them, award-winning novelist Irene N. Watts uncovers a tale about the real meaning of family.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

When the Bough Breaks

Irene N. Watts, 2007

Finding Sophie

Irene N. Watts, 2000

No Moon

Irene N. Watts, 2010

The Tiniest Tree El Arbolito

Ann Banco Reade, Rachael Kathleen Hartman, Sandra Burnett, 2013

The python of Pura Malai and other stories

Carl Muller, 1995

Pons and the Miracle of Réunion Island

Linda Kandelin Chambers, 2014

Witcheficent’s Bat Stew

Dan G., Eileen Faxas, 2023

Sally's Story (My Place for Junior Readers)

Sally Morgan, Barbara Ker Wilson, 1995