TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson, Lisa,
AU  - Coulson,Hannah
TI  - The small things
SN  - 9781781129647
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2021///.
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Barrington Stoke, 
KW  - Robots
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Lies
KW  - High interest-low vocabulary books
KW  - fast
N1  - This book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock so that even more readers can enjoy it. 
Reading Age: 8 Interest Age: 9+
N2  - Anna's uncomfortable when she's picked to befriend the new girl in her class. For a start, Ellie is ill and can't come to school herself. So Anna has to communicate with her through a new kind of robot. But Anna is also worried that her life's too small and boring to be of interest to her new friend. Compared to the other girls, she doesn't have anything exciting to talk about and so when Ellie asks her a question, a little white lie pops out. Then another and another. When Ellie finds out the truth, can their friendship survive ...? Inspired by a true story, a groundbreaking robot helps friendship blossom in this poignant and uplifting novella from bestseller Lisa Thompson
ER  -