Books published by publisher Onwards and Upwards Publishers

Earlier that month, back home, I wasn’t completely fazed when it dawned on me Mum couldn’t make it.I should have known. Anyway since then I agreed to come along to help my dad out. But I didn’t want to come. I was doing him a favour, although why I should, I really don’t know. After all he’s never done anything for me.Get over it? How could I? The main person in my life was gone...forever.

Tabby and Hannah are the best of friends. Together they share secrets, play games and enjoy exciting adventures. They find a new friend to share the fun when a new girl, Susie, moves to their neighbourhood. Tabby suddenly faints during a game of Tag, but Hannah and Susie promise not to tell her parents. Keeping the secret proves to be harder than expected, and the outcome involves the whole village hearing about the trouble with Tabby...

Hurricane Katrina happened on 29th August, 2005. It ripped thousands of children from their normal lives, their families and their friends; it destroyed their homes and their schools. Twelve-year-old Jade Williams is one of those children. Will Jade have the inner strength to overcome the sheer terror of the human tragedy caused by the hurricane? Her journey is dangerous – where to find safety? What must she do to protect Grandma, her elderly neighbour, Mary Lou Smith – and Bunty, the little dog that she rescues?Inspired by her life in New Orleans and her experiences in evacuation centres after Hurricane Katrina, Maeve Mc Mahon writes a powerful and moving fictional account of true events.

Hurricane Katrina happened on 29th August, 2005. It ripped thousands of children from their normal lives, their families and their friends; it destroyed their homes and their schools. Twelve-year-old Jade Williams is one of those children. Will Jade have the inner strength to overcome the sheer terror of the human tragedy caused by the hurricane? Her journey is dangerous – where to find safety? What must she do to protect Grandma, her elderly neighbour, Mary Lou Smith – and Bunty, the little dog that she rescues?

"What's the country coming to? Losing our homes, our jobs, that's one thing, but to lose our respect for each other, to stoop to this level to survive - it's... it's primitive!" Maghan Manley is the middle child of five, and her family are quite content living on their farm in 1931 Australia. But when they are forced to leave and join hundreds of others on the road, looking for work, they are faced with both the best and worst of humanity. At sixteen Meghan is not sure how to take this new life of desparation and uncertainty. Her friendships, beliefs and sense of self are tested, but nothing more so than her own character, pivoted on one of the hardest things of all - the need to forgive.

"I must say, Caitlyn, I have heard from some of your other teachers that you haven't been as attentive as you used to be, and that you're missing more and more assignments. It's not lack of skills, so why are you letting it get away from you?" Spending more time in the deputy principal's office was not what 14-year-old Caitlyn had in mind when she began Year 9 in her semi-arid Australian town. As far as she was concerned, life was perfect until her wayward cousin joined the household, her parents started fighting, her best friend turned into Public Enemy No. 1, and her mum started making her write to-do lists. Surely growing up wasn't meant to be this complicated. Now not only does Caitlyn have to navigate the unforgiving wilderness of school, but find a way to preserve the ties that are only just holding her family together.