from the back cover: Meet the Schoolies in this brilliant, bright book with clock hands that turn! Packed full of fun activities with lots to look at and do, this is the perfect first book to learn all about school.
Hattie Owen has never really thought about the world outside her small town. Her family's boarding house is where she feels most at home, with its eccentric tenants and predictable routines. But there are secrets in Hattie's family, and the biggest one is her young uncle Adam. Hattie doesn't even know he exists until he shows up in her town, right when she's about to turn twelve. Suddenly the p…