by Sarah Lean
When Nell is sent to stay with distant family, she packs a suitcase full of secrets. A chance encounter with a wild horse draws Nell to Angel – a mysterious, troubled girl who is hiding secrets of her own. Both girls must learn to trust each other, if they are to save a hundred horses…
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Memories scoop you up and take you back to another time, so you can feel things all over again. I think of how important it is for all of us, but especially for Grandad, to remember the bright things from the past. But now he’s forgotten everything and he hasn’t told me his most important memory yet – the one about a whale…
Can Hannah piece together the extraordinary story that connects Grandad’s childhood to her own?
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Leo dreams about being a hero. In his imagination he is a fearsome gladiator, but he wants to be a hero in real life.
When the boys at school dare Leo to do something he knows is wrong, he lets everybody down. How can he make things right again?
A little dog called Jack Pepper is missing and it will take a true hero to find him and bring him home…
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Acknowledgments
Harry and Hope first appeared as a strong image in my mind after I was very late to an event. I hated having let the children down, and hoped that I could find a way to make up for it. It was on my way home from this event, trying to resolve my feelings, that the characters suddenly emerged. With some help from very generous people, the story developed.
My thanks to Jenna Goldby at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth who showed me how to train a donkey (I loved that!) and introduced me to Suchitra from the international team in India; and to Bob and Mavis Secrett, old family friends, who surprised me with an invitation to visit them in France.
Thank you Rachel Denwood, my editor, for your clarity and genius suggestion, as well as Sam Swinnerton and Lily Morgan who brought it all together. A special thanks to Sam White and the publicity team, who organise great events for me to attend and share the stories.
I am grateful to all the HarperCollins team and Julia Churchill, my agent, for everything they do, and to the children who read my books, even when I am late, so that I am able to continue my dream job.
About the Author
SARAH LEAN’S fascination with animals began when she was aged eight and a stray cat walked in the back door and decided to adopt her. As a child she wanted to be a writer and used to dictate stories to her mother, until she bought a laptop of her own several years ago and decided to type them herself. She loves her garden, art, calligraphy and spending time outdoors. She lives in Dorset and shares the space around her desk with her dogs, Harry and Coco.
www.sarahlean.co.uk
Also by Sarah Lean
A Dog Called Homeless
Winner of the Hazelgrove Book Award and the prestigious Schneider Middle School Book Award in the US.
Shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and longlisted for the Branford Boase Award.
Hero
Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards.
A Horse for Angel
The Forever Whale
Jack Pepper
About the Publisher
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United Kingdom
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United States
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