Tarni's Chance

Description

Age range: 7+ When Tarni's mum says goodbye, all the colour and joy of life seem to go with her. Tarni retreats into her bubble. But then Chance steps in... Tarni retreats inside her bubble when her parents fight, but when her mum finally leaves, Tarni's bubble shrinks until almost all the colour and joy of life fade away, leaving her alone with her sorrow and grief. Then she notices a dog down on the street and her life changes once more. Chance the street dog brings colour, companionship and joy back to Tarni's life. Tarni's Chance deals with the difficult subject of childhood depression and grief in simple, concrete terms and provides an optimistic and comforting conclusion to reassure young readers.

Paul Collins has written many books for young adults. He has many strings to his bow. Hes been an agent, publisher, writer and editor. Paul is best known for his fantasy and science fiction titles in The Jelindel Chronicles and The Quentaris Chronicles. The Earthborn Wars trilogy was published by Tor in the US. He has been short-listed for many awards and has won the Inaugural Peter McNamara, A Bertram Chandler, Aurealis and William Atheling awards. Paul is the recipient of the 2021 Leila St John Award in recognition of his services to childrens literature by the Victorian Branch of the Childrens Book Council of Australia.