Millard, Glenda

"Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chip shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken: he was once a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with new people who will care for him, he spends time exploring on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up. And he knows the words by heart. When Manny and Alice meet, their relationship brings the beginning of love and healing."--OCLC.

A story about a young shepherd who goes off to fight in World War I helps young children understand the reality of war.

"Winter is drawing near and Kaito's butterflies have died. She weeps, but the Lord of Flight explains that although butterflies must come and go, flight itself will last forever. So Kaito finds a way to experience the magic of flight, even in the middle of winter."--P. [4] of cover.

"In Isabella's garden, amazing things come from the tiniest of seeds as they bloom and flourish and make way for a whole new season of growth"--.

Skip, forgotten by the foster care system, is forced to live on the streets with an older homeless man, Billy. When war breaks out and their city comes under attack, however, it isn't long before they end up caring for an abandoned child and a desperate teenage mother as they attempt to survive in a city beset by deadly gangs and lawless soldiers.

Even though she loves the family of her best friend, Griffin Silk, especially grandmother Nell, Layla Elliott, who no longer has a grandmother, determines, despite many difficulties, to find an old person of her own to bring to the school's Senior Citizens' Day.

Rhyming text describes the imaginative fun a young boy and girl can have on a rainy day with red galoshes.

Griffin Silk feels responsible for the absence of his mother and baby sister, but he and his new friend Layla find the perfect way to make everyone feel a little bit better.