The Silken Thread quizzes & games

The Silken Thread quizzes & gamesA magical story of friendship forged over distance between two children, from very different worlds, who share a common experience of loss and a passion for a life where dreams can come true. Moonie lives in Melbourne and dreams of designing dresses for movie stars. Eight thousand kilometres away, on Chongming Island in China, peasant boy Little Dipper cares for the silkworms on his family's farm and hopes to learn English. On the day Moonie's beloved

As the siblings run errands to help prepare for a very special day in their family

she seemed to be hanging on

“An original fantasy saga threaded through with Persian myths written by a queen of the genre

and the afterlife" raved Kirkus in a starred review

'Laura Jane Williams is the queen of a feel-good

as well as a carnival of overlooked characters - priests and poets

there is no need to rent a big

"-Real parent

in a major series in DC's We Are Legends initiative

poverty and crushing grief to rise from war-torn Africa to the streets of South London and eventually the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace

truths and fictions

and perspectives multiplied