A Hot Cold Summer

In A Hot, Cold Summer, it's the last day of school and Frankie Jones is looking down the barrel of a long, hot, boring summer until … She gets a surprise chance to go to London with her mum. She's dying to go - except that it will mean seeing her heartbreakingly cute British friend Jack again. Should she go? You turn to page 38 if that's your choice. Or …Her dad invites her on a beach vacation. But when she discovers her dad's new girlfriend and her daughter Ellie are also coming on their trip, Frankie's not sure how she feels. So you turn to page 72 if you think the beach trip makes sense.

Readers follow their heart right to the end, and then can go back and choose all over again. There are as many as eight different stories to be followed in each book!

The Choose Your Own Ever After books are for girls moving on from basic chapter books. Girls who are after more emotional substance and can handle more complicated plots. Real girls. And there's more to them than just boys or crushes (although that's a big part. This is realistic fiction after all). There are friends (remember our theme?) and family and choosing your own path. There's taking responsibility for your own choices and for your own actions, there's becoming your own person. Being who you want to be.They're timeless. They're fun. And with so many stories in each book, they're a real value.

About the Author:
Kate Welshman is a barrister. She lives on a horse property in Sydney with her husband and three children.