Description
Two in the morning. Mum is crying in the bathroom — and hiding something under a towel. Lena has to know what.
Lena is good at worrying. Now her head is telling her the scariest story it has ever told: something is wrong with Mum. The clues stack up fast — long sleeves on a hot morning, a phone call from 'Dr. Jack — Urgent', a torn note in the kitchen bin that Lena pieces together until she reads the word biopsy. She starts checking her own arm in the mirror, hunting for proof. Her head hurts. Her stomach hurts. She stops talking to her best friend Emma. What if she is right? What if she has got the whole thing upside down?
When it all finally bursts out of her in the living room, the truth is nothing like the story in her head — and then Dad gets out a notebook and invents a very strange game called The Court of Thoughts.
Worrying that someone you love might be ill is one of the biggest what-if thoughts a child can carry, and this book names it plainly, gently and without lecturing. Story first, never preachy. Honest about big, tricky feelings — and warm, hopeful and genuinely reassuring by the last page.
Illustrated throughout, and ending with discussion questions, family activities, puzzles and games, and an original song.
Perfect for readers ages 8–12 who love mysteries, real-life stories, and heroines who work things out for themselves.
Book 3 of Lena's Real Life Adventures. Each book stands alone — start anywhere.
Details
Publisher - BookVAULT Publishing
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
kidsbooks.io
Published Date - 2026-08-20
ISBN - 9781807388270
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 83
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