Books with author Jacqueline Kelly

A young girl growing up being sexually abused, having to deal with pain, secrecy and mental health issues. Dealing with sexual abuse as a child and being held to secrecay by your abuser often manifest in trauma related issues, such as depression, anxiety and self-harm. Recognizing the signs of abuse early as well as seeking immediate care for the abused has been priven to be an invaluable asset to the healing process.

The summer of 1899 is hot in Calpurnia’s sleepy Texas town, and there aren’t a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot of time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life ― all you have to do is look through a microscope! As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and learns just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century. Debut author Jacqueline Kelly deftly brings Callie and her family to life, capturing an unusual year with unique sensitivity and wit.

Are you following your own North Star? Do you remember the dreams you held in your heart as a child? Each of us holds our childhood dreams in our hearts, then nurtures and cherishes them throughout our lives. Those dreams guide us to set our life's goals and help us to achieve them. And when we feel lost, we look toward the North Star and try to find our way back to our hearts. Our own North Star is always there to guide us back home! Our children's precious dreams are in their hearts, and each child's own North Star guides him or her to follow his or her dreams and to be an important part of this world. With support and encouragement from parents, families, friends and teachers, our children learn and grow to follow their hearts to become the people they want to be, attaining the high potential each child brings to this world. This short story is about holding your childhood dreams in your heart and following them in your life to become the person you always dreamed to be, with the help and gentle guidance from your own North Star. Dream your dreams!

Troy and his brother long to be back among the stars in their spaceship Star Chaser after crash landing on the planet of Goramir. They decide to escape and find their way home, accompanied by four of their friends. The little crew encounter aliens; visit a Space Station and stop an attack by the dreaded pirate Red Raven - the criminal who caused them to crash land in the first place!

After landing on a planet that does not even show up on their computer the crew of Star Chaser believe it's uninhabited. They're wrong. The inhabitants are big - very big - and are not at all happy to see them! When running back to Star Chaser to escape Troy and his friends are shocked to discover the ship is gone. So begins a frantic search to find the ship and to avoid getting eaten in the process.

When Michael’s mother dies he is startled to see her ghost at her own funeral. When he sees her again just as a dark shadow engulfs her he realises that something is wrong. His grandmother explains that the Spirit Tree that stands in the forest has the power to cleanse all souls before they go on to Heaven but it has become tainted somehow. This taint has affected all the forest guardians and the other fairy folk making the woods a very dangerous place to be in. But more unsettling is that souls are now unable to get to Heaven and wander the forest. Determined to save his mother’s soul Michael and his friend James enter the tainted forest where they soon meet one of the forest guardians. Billy Blin looks the same age as the human boys and has managed to remain untouched by the taint. He promises to help them reach the Tree as this will also help his own people to return to normal. They follow Billy as he guides them to the dragon who gives Michael a bottle of Dragon Tears, the purest liquid in the world and which should hopefully reverse the taint. As they leave the dragons cave they are captured by the King and his huntsmen but with a little help from some remaining untainted fae they escape. Now pursued by the King who is soon joined by the Queen’s court they have to get past murderous trees before they can even get to the Spirit Tree.