The thirteen year old Franks twins are moving out of the city and heading to the bush. Charlie's ecstatic. She loves country life and she doesn't care about getting dirty. Her twin sister Coco, on the other hand, is devastated. How can she keep up with her posh new friends when she's stuck out in the middle of nowhere? And why does everyone around her seem to be obsessed with horses?
The Coco and Charlie Franks novels are humorous contemporary fiction, set in Australia, and aimed at brave-hearted girls aged 10-14. Charlie Franks is A-OK was the winner of the CALEB Writing Prize in 2017. If you love funny books with a twist, a horse and some real-life drama, and you’ve ever wondered who your real friends are, meet Coco and Charlie today.
Included in this Boxed Set are both novels in the series, Love and Muddy Puddles, and Charlie Franks is A-OK, as well as a bonus short story, Six Words That Wreck Your Life.
Cecily Anne Paterson is the author of eight novels for young teen girls, as well as an award-winning memoir for adults.
Her first novel Invisible, was a semifinalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards in 2014, and 'Charlie Franks is A-OK' won the CALEB Award in 2017.
Cecily writes 'brave-hearted fiction', hitting some serious issues, but in an age-appropriate, clean, and helpful way, and always with a hopeful ending.
Cecily grew up in Pakistan, where she went to boarding school in the Himalayan mountains, and now lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband, four children and a cuddly dog.