AnnaтАЩs anxious when sheтАЩs picked to befriend the new girl in her class. For a start, Ellie is ill and canтАЩt come to school herself. So Anna has to communicate with her through a new kind of robot. But Anna is also worried that her lifeтАЩs too small and boring to be of interest to her new friend. Compared to the other girls, she doesnтАЩt have anything exciting to talk about and so when Ellie asks her a question, a little white lie pops out. Then another and another. When Ellie finds out the truth, can their friendship survive ...?
Inspired by a true story, a groundbreaking robot helps friendship blossom in this poignant and uplifting novella from bestseller Lisa Thompson.
Lisa Thompson is a childrenтАЩs novelist and the author of the best-selling The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. The Goldfish Boy was a Waterstones ChildrenтАЩs Book of the Month and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award and the Waterstones ChildrenтАЩs Book Prize.
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Hannah Coulson says that she spent her childhood тАЬdrawing pictures, eating 99s and trying not to tell fibsтАЭ. Hannah studied at Glasgow School of Art, and now creates playful artworks full of pattern. She particularly likes drawing outdoors and making things for her friends.