<p>The first title in a sparkling new series for younger readers, from the creator and author of Angels Unlimited.</p>
<p>Lilac Peabody is as small and shimmery as a dragon-fly &#8211; a little extraterrestrial busybody, who is a friend to all children who need her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims.</p>
<p>This is the first of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac&#8217;s continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac, that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves.</p>
<p>In the first novel, Sam Sparks is the new kid in school. He&#8217;s lonely and miserable and it&#8217;s his birthday soon but he has no friends to invite. Enter Lilac, who persuades him to invide a forlorn little waif of a girl &#8211; Bella Bright &#8211; to his party. Imagine Sam&#8217;s surprise when this kind act leads to a whole circus entertaining him on his birthday. The girl is a traveller from a circus family&#8230; Lilac has enabled him to have more than he has ever had in his life. Meanwhile Lilac moves on to help the next child&#8230;</p>
<p>Annie Dalton has created this wonderful character for younger readers, very much in the mould of Melanie Beeby from Angels Unlimited though Lilac is no angel!</p>