Catherine Forde is de auteur van talrijke boeken die vaak de complexiteit van de adolescentie en interpersoonlijke relaties met gevoeligheid en inzicht verkennen. Haar stijl wordt erkend om zijn directheid en het vermogen om authentieke jonge stemmen vast te leggen terwijl ze navigeren door uitdagingen van identiteit en sociale druk. Forde portretteert meesterlijk de emotionele landschappen van haar personages en biedt lezers diepgaande en resonerende verhalen. Haar werken onderscheiden zich door een scherp inzicht in de adolescentenpsyche en een sterke nadruk op de kracht van vriendschap en zelfontdekking.
Teased and abused for being grossly overweight, Jimmy, a fourteen-year-old Scottish teenager who dreams mysterious dreams and secretly aspires to become a chef, decides to turn his self-loathing life around by learning how to swim.
In 2012 The Emergency begins as terrorist bombs shatter cities around the UK. Molly's parents decide to send her and her brother John away from Glasgow to safety in the countryside. Molly is sent to Paradise Farm to be looked after by Pernilla, who gives her everything she desires, and soon she forgets about her old life.
Sally and Keith seek an escape from their mundane lives by becoming VIPs at the Rock Out festival. They connect, but complications arise when Keith discovers Sally isn't a famous stylist, and Sally learns that Keith, despite being a huge fan, isn't the lead singer of Dead Holes.
Struggling with Substance Use presents evidence on the magnitude of the problem of student substance abuse and provides education professionals with information on the causes as well as the risk and protective factors that must be understood to address the issue. Topics examin...