I Will Miss My Friends

Aviva is a lovely, bright, eight-year-old English girl who has always cherished her close circle of friends. One day, Aviva arrives home to a surprise gift from her mother the blue and white hockey stick Aviva had wanted so badly! She is absolutely thrilled and can't wait to show it off to her friends. But later that day, as Aviva approached the family library to thank her father for the gift, she overhears her parents talking about a pending move to America and leaving behind their beautiful home, family, and friends! Aviva, in time, will see everything will be just fine. But will it? Joan Marshall's charming book tells a story that many children and their parents can identify with: the move from a comfortable, familiar, and pleasant environment to a new, potentially unwelcome foreign place where one has to start fresh and make new friends. This charming and educational book ably captures the child's private world with all its warm comforts and crucial nurturing relationships, as well as the sense of experiencing an exciting new adventure.