Molly

This bright, lively book with its cartwheeling episodic style whisks the reader in hectic succession from London to Paris, the French mountains and Gdansk. Molly's parents are splitting up and, from the isolated viewpoint of her mountain school, she resolves to reunite them. Her plans are unsuccessful but she makes her mark in this story which is tailor-made for television where it was recently serialised. She works with friends to create a Cinema and Arts Centre in the French mountains, foils a trumpet thief in Gdansk when he's stolen her father's most treasured possession and learns the value of selflessness in coping with her parents' new relationships. An energetic and breezy read for pupils with stamina in Years 7-9.