Always Your Sister

Frances Prentice

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Wombat Books
05 March 2025

Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: siblings (Children's&YA)

Four years ago, Millie lost her baby brother Noah before he could be born. She writes a journal to him, exploring her memories and emotions, and thinks about him every day. When she learns her mother is pregnant again, she writes to him about her anxieties. What if the new baby dies like Noah did? Millie takes it upon herself to take care of her mum while she’s pregnant. She cooks, cleans, and brings her mum ginger tea when she feels sick in the morning. At school, she has two close friends, the bubbly extrovert, Charlie, and bookish introvert, Emma, who pull her in two directions. But Chappy Leeann is there to help her sort out her feelings. Working together to support their parents and the drought affecting their sheep farm, Millie grows closer to her older sister Vicky and learns to appreciate the things in her life. As Millie shares all her feelings with Noah, she reassures her precious stillborn baby brother that even after her new sibling is born, she will always be his sister. Throughout it all, Millie learns just how resilient and strong she really is.

This book contains an important message about the impact of stillborn children on the lives of siblings too, and highlights the importance of school chaplains in their ability to help children through their emotions. Siblings are often overlooked as they grieve the loss of an expected baby.

By: Frances Prentice
Imprint: Wombat Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
ISBN: 9781761112065
ISBN 10: 1761112066
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 March 2025
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frances Prentice is a mother of six, including one stillborn, who lives with her husband and two youngest children on a cattle property in rural Queensland. She juggles her writing with home schooling, tutoring and running a home school co-op. This is her first middle-grade novel.

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