Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist (KelpiesEdge)

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Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn't quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin. But Connor’s left two things behind — the medication he needs to keep him alive, and the girl who makes living bearable. Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist is a brilliantly funny, thrilling exploration of friendship, identity and mortality populated with witty, sharply drawn characters.

This is a fabulous book, and fills what I realise is a bit of a gap in the market for modern relevant Scottish literature. Little does she realise she is about to be catapulted into an adventure where she’ll face wild magic and mortal danger. Laura, and the whole of Team Teapot would like to thank each and every one of you for all of the very kind messages we have received today. After he fights at school, while his mother has a breakdown and ends up at the hospital, he is sent to a government housing for minors thing along with his sworn enemy, the boy he fought with, Skeates. I wish there were more books like this that in set in Scotland and accurate to what it is like to live here.Dodging the police, joy riding and extreme partying — if Connor’s dying, he might as well enjoy one last wild adventure. The real beauty of this book is that it's about two boys on an adventure who form an unlikely alliance and "never quit.

But arriving at Uncle Seth's grand house in North Wales, Jessop Rise, William encounters a ghostly figure.A former lawyer, he helped found The Teapot Trust, a children's art therapy charity, with his wife Laura. His sister died, and his dad's in prison (although his mom refuses to let him visit or even tell him why his dad's been incarcerated for the last 9 years). Quick witted, sharp-tongued Connor Lambert won't take it any longer: the bullying, the secrets, the sympathy.