New girl Hattie hopes a scarecrow will protect her den at school, but she soon realises she can’t control him … A darkly comic tale from acclaimed author Nicola Skinner.
When lonely Hattie feels out of place at her new school, she creates a scarecrow – Crow. Hattie wants him to guard the den she finds in the playground, the only place she feels happy and comfortable.
Poor Crow really just wants to have fun with the other children, but he takes his job for Hattie very seriously and his behaviour starts to get scarier and scarier.
Will Hattie realise that Crow is ruining her chance to make new friends before it’s too late?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.
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Nicola Skinner worked as a copywriter and journalist before turning to novels. BLOOM is her first book for children.
More about Nicola SkinnerJeremy Strong has been writing for children for more than forty years and has published over a hundred titles, many of which have been translated. His work is much used in schools as the humour he employs have proved a great way to lure children into a love of reading. He also talks in schools and book festivals world-wide, pushing the joys of both reading a
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