Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Best-selling Karen McCrombie brilliantly captures the whirlwind of emotions that Meg is thrown into when her mum starts dating a new partner. Meg loves her life with just her mum. Everything is neat and orderly and she loves being the smiling bridesmaid to help promote Mum’s wedding dress business. But then Mum falls in love…Disaster! Danny lives on a scruffy houseboat and has four messy sons! How can Meg ever get used to the new family? How Meg changes is sensitively captured in this tender, funny and heart-felt story.
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
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Can Meg find her sunshine smile again? A wonderfully warm and wise story about new families and new relationships from bestelling author Karen McCombie.
Meg is the girl with the sunshine smile. That's what they call her at the wedding fairs where she models her mum's dresses. But then Mum meets Danny. Danny, with the grotty houseboat, four sons and a three-legged cat. All of a sudden, Meg's life clouds over. Will Meg ever find her sunshine smile again? A brand-new low reading age edition of a wonderfully warm and wise story about new families and new relationships from bestselling author Karen McCombie.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.
Karen McCombie is the bestselling author of over 90 books for children and teenagers including the Carnegie Medal-nominated Little Bird Flies, How to be a Human, and series St Grizzle's School for Girls and Indie Kidd. Karen is also the author of the bestselling and much-loved series Ally's World.
Originally from Scotland, she now lives in London with her family who all give her inspiration for her books, whether they like it or not. Read more about the author here.
