In a nutshell: thoughtful story of a little girl and her family, touched with magic
The day her mum goes off to hospital to have her new baby brother is the day Ginny finds a very unusual egg in the hen house. It’s not a hen’s egg, it’s a dragon’s egg, and soon Ginny is step-mum to a baby dragon. The dragon might not be like the hens, or like Ginny either, but she loves it and wants to do her best to look after it.
When her mum finds it difficult to bond with the new baby, who has Down’s syndrome, Ginny understands, and the little dragon can help. It’s a story full of warmth and insight, and readers will love the idea of adopting a dragon and understand how protective Ginny feels towards her little brother too. ~ Andrea Reece
'You’re alive, aren’t you?’ she said to the egg. ‘There’s a chick inside you. But it can’t be a hen chick. You’re the wrong sort of egg.’ Mum goes into hospital to have a baby, while at home a mysterious gold-speckled egg starts to hatch something very, very special.
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'You’re alive, aren’t you?’ she said to the egg. ‘There’s a chick inside you. But it can’t be a hen chick.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Ginny's Egg and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Ginny's Egg features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, School Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 7+ readers
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Ginny's Egg was written by Pippa Googhart and published by Troika Books
Ginny's Egg has 129 pages
