Sharon Creech Trio Award-winning author Pack by Sharon Creech (author) (UK edition)

These coming-of-age tales by a Newbery and Carnegie Medal winner have all the startling joy of a rainbow in a spring shower. Four children face secrets, quests, big changes – and the discovery that life is full of extraordinary treasures. Salamanca’s mother vanished years ago. Can a road trip through the American wilds help Sal solve the mystery that haunts her life? Sophie is setting off on a grand journey: crossing the Atlantic on a sailboat. But this storm-tossed voyage will also be a journey into her dark childhood. Finally, Dallas and Florida have spent years in a ramshackle orphanage, slowly losing hope of escaping. Until old Mr and Mrs Morey take them away to the green paradise of Ruby Holler…