Single mum Kerry trys her best to support her young son Kian through various cleaning jobs, whist Noah is a successful barrister and happily married father. If—if—he decided to go to college, he would study electricity, which he’d done a science project on at school. I found the writing style a bit simple, too much like a diary though it wasn’t meant to be, and often found the dialogue unbelievable and not how people would speak. Och att två syskon med samma start får olika förutsättningar i livet beroende på de sammanhang de omges av.

His refusal to accept his past is causing marital problems and when he receives a letter from someone claiming to be his sister his life is turned upside down. Half a World Away follows the heartbreaking story of two siblings, Kerry and Noah, who are taken into care and live very different lives.This is the story of Kerry and Noah, two siblings separated when they were taken from their mother in early childhood. Really poorly written dialogue, characters I didn't care about, no real plot twists, an ending I expected. Highly recommended, particularly to children who are about to move or have moved and miss their friends or for children who’ve had or are about to have a friend move.

But what the guy really didn’t understand was that it was impossible for Jaden to feel grateful, for anything ever. There were hundreds, maybe thousands, of kids in America just like him—adopted when they were older, hating their new parents. Jaden always sat in the middle of the backseat, so that if someone came from one side and tried to pull him out to take him to a foster home—or wherever—he would have a better chance of getting away, out the other side. Then Amy and her family move away, to the other side of the world, and the colour seeps out of Louis and Amy’s lives.Mike became a full time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, which was hailed by the Independent as 'full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations,' and by The Times as 'a funny, frank account of a hopeless romantic'. From the past, the most saddest thing ever is that when her mother couldn't look after Kerry and her brother, anymore, they went into separate care. Mike has a prodigious talent for writing completely relatable characters who draw you into their world and tug at your heart strings.

Parents need to know Half a World Away by National Book Award-winning author Cynthia Kadohata ( The Thing About Luck ) tells the story of Jaden, a troubled 12-year-old Romanian boy who was adopted at age 8 and brought to the United States. A heartrending tale, this book pulled me in from the start with its wonderful ensemble of characters. Kerry is a hardworking single mother, who adores her son, Kian, and never bemoans the hand she's been dealt. The incredibly moving and uplifting novel "Half a World Away" is an acute observation of human nature and is written by Mike Gayle, bestselling author of "The Man I Think I Know".You can take some time to look for magical creatures in clouds, like Amy and Louis did, or use cotton wool to create your own cloud creatures. The only other person that Kerry has loved unconditionally was her baby brother, Jason, who she cared for and looked after, before she was separated from him by a uncaring social services when they were taken away from their problematic mother, Mary. Kerry and Noah couldn't have had any more different upbringings if they tried, but yet there are a few similarities in their lives. After a few years we moved to Glen Innes, on the northern tablelands and then when I was ten we moved out west to Dubbo.