This revised edition includes new supplementary material including chapter summaries, an exploration of the book's major themes and post-reading comprehension activities.

Abby hopes to prove that she is as great as her siblings.

Never mind that your favourite jeans don't quite fit any more, your mother-in-law has decided to stay another week, and the local bar has stopped karaoke night - every cloud has a silver lining! There's good advice for every occasion to be found within the pages of this tiny inspirational tome.

As the dark cloud of the pandemic casts its deadly curse over human civilization, making the world cower under its devastating spell, human values of love, kindness and compassion come to the fore, lining the cloud with their silver touches. This compilation of ten stories is about the indomitable human spirit that is not defeated by the scourge. As the world turns upside down, the ordinary lives of the characters take extraordinary turns. These are stories of courage, resolve, hope, grace and dignity.

This book of consoling quotes and cheerful sayings will get you looking on the bright side in no time.

Set in Jamaica, Mike drives home after being away five years. He only wants his truck and work carrying sugar cane. What he finds is the whole village under one haulage business. The final battle of the private war is in the courtroom.