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Informationen zum Autor Catherine Bruton studied English at Oxford University and has been juggling life as a teacher, children's author and mum for the past fifteen years. As an English teacher she sees first hand the impact stories can have on young readers - opening their eyes, expanding their horizons, making them ask questions and see the world differently. Her books tackle some of the big issues faced by young people today - terrorism, immigration, the cult of celebrity, the refugee crisis - in ways that are heart-breaking, often hilarious, but invariably hopeful. As her alter-ego Cate Shearwater, she is also the author of the much-loved Somersaults and Dreams series. Klappentext Catherine Bruton studied English at Oxford University and has been juggling life as a teacher! children's author and mum for the past fifteen years. As an English teacher she sees first hand the impact stories can have on young readers - opening their eyes! expanding their horizons! making them ask questions and see the world differently. Her books tackle some of the big issues faced by young people today - terrorism! immigration! the cult of celebrity! the refugee crisis - in ways that are heart-breaking! often hilarious! but invariably hopeful. As her alter-ego Cate Shearwater! she is also the author of the much-loved Somersaults and Dreams series. With beautiful, captivating writing, wonderfully authentic ballet detail, and an important message championing the rights of refugees, this is classic storytelling - filled with warmth, hope and humanity. Zusammenfassung With beautiful, captivating writing, wonderfully authentic ballet detail, and an important message championing the rights of refugees, this is classic storytelling - filled with warmth, hope and humanity.
