Maria Farrer schrijft voor kinderen en jongvolwassenen, voortbouwend op haar achtergrond in logopedie en een Master in Schrijven voor Jongeren. Haar werk verkent vaak thema's als taal en geletterdheid, geïnformeerd door uitgebreide ervaring met kinderen die communicatieve uitdagingen aangaan. Farrer blinkt uit in het creëren van boeiende verhalen die jonge lezers aanspreken, met een focus op herkenbare personages en meeslepende situaties. Haar populaire serie over een grote, onhandige maar behulpzame ijsbeer is een bewijs van haar vermogen om warmte en avontuur te combineren.
When Mister P stumbles through Arthur's front door an interesting and fun new friendship is born. Arthur could do with someone to talk to and Mister P is a good listener - as well as being amazing at football, scared of spiders, extremely messy at eating, and the best at hugs when you need them! There are times when only a polar bear will do . .
Amber is convinced that her brother's death is her fault. It happened on the day that she'd taken something of his, something precious, the very thing that gave him his luck. Weighed down with grief, guilt and pressure to be the perfect daughter, Amber turns to the one boy who can make her feel better. But Tyler is in with the wrong crowd, and Amber finds herself in big trouble: trouble that would never usually happen to a girl like her. Only with her life having crashed around her will Amber find a way to rebuild it, and to finally find out what part she really paid in her brother's death.
It is the story of a brilliant young violinist, her determination and struggle to achieve her dreams and the discovery that she is at the center of an extraordinary secret that has pulled apart her family for two generations. Jess, a talented 17-year-old violinist, suffers from stage-fright as she auditions for a place at a prestigious music school. Her family do not have enough money for her to continue to study so when she fails, she vows not to play again. Until her wealthy grandmother - estranged from her family since Jess's mother fell pregnant - shows up at their doorstep and promises six months of tuition in exchange for Jess moving to live with her. Once ensconced in her grandmother's rich, but empty, life she starts to uncover the mystery of why her grandmother never spoke to her mother again, and the secret which tore her family apart.
Each year Santa likes to have some fun, a chance to get some rest and sun. Australia is the perfect place!