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Book giveaway: Invisible Girl by Kate Maryon

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RachelMumsnet · 16/05/2013 12:59

Apply for one of 50 advance copies of Invisible Girl by Kate Maryon, due out in the shops on 6th June.

Invisible Girl tells the story of twelve year old Gabriella, who somehow slips through the cracks when she's caught between arguing parents and moving house. The city streets are no place for young girls but they're all she's got. For fans of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson, a stunning new novel from the author of SHINE, GLITTER, SEA OF STARS and A MILLION ANGELS.

Kate Maryon was inspired to write Invisible Girl after reading an article about children running away from home in the UK by Andy McCullough, who works for children's charity Railway Children. As part of the campaign with Mumsnet, Railway Children and Aviva are working with Kate Maryon to raise awareness of this issue and have secured 50 advance copies of the book to giveaway to Mumsnetters. Apply for one of 50 free advance copies of Invisible Girl, and PLEASE post your feedback on this thread. For every post on the thread Aviva will donate £2 to Railway Children. You are allowed to post up to three messages. Thanks

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LaraMumsnet · 20/05/2013 12:25

If you are one of the lucky 50, we do ask that you post feedback on the discussion thread ? both on the book, and if this enabled you to start a conversation with your child about the topic of running away from home. However, if you don't get a book, we'd still love to hear what you think about using children's books (and other resources) as ways to bring up tricky topics like running away from home with your children, so do please add your thoughts to the thread.

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LaraMumsnet · 08/07/2013 15:57

Kate Maryon has just completed a national tour to launch her book, Invisible Girl, where she visited schools and libraries, appearing at 33 events over 22 days. She has asked us to share the following with you.

Kate Maryon:

Hi Everyone,

My tour has gone brilliantly and I've had fantastic feedback from kids, teachers and librarians.

After each talk I'm left feeling so touched and moved by what the children share. In the space of an hour many of them reveal so much of their own sadness and frustration - telling me their own runaway tales - of which there are many! The teachers are mostly shocked - some following up with classroom talks around the difficult circumstances these children are living.

In one prep school in York a child disclosed to me that he frequently considers running away as an option because he is regularly beaten by his father for not being as bright as his sisters. I flagged this up to the school and they instantly put their child protection procedures into operation. So hopefully something will be done to protect him. In another school a 10 year old boy said that he ran away when he was 8 for an entire week and no one bothered to look for him - the teachers were astonished. Many of them are concerned that they never hear this kind of thing in class.

Many children feel that running away might be exciting and freeing. Once I've shared the dangers and pointed them toward safer options they all seem to get that it's not a sensible thing to do - which is a great thing.

I hope they take my talk into their lives with better knowledge of how to resource themselves and change the cycle of familial sadness/neglect/conflict.

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