![]() ![]() ![]() She is the author of over 70 books for young people – board books, picture books, reluctant reads, novels – many of which have been nominated for numerous awards and even won a few! Her middle grade novel Home Free was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award, The Silver Birch Award, and the TD Award. Sharon Jennings has been published for 27 years. The story has been shared with the children and the Centre has given Sharon permission and thanks for telling this story a portion of the author's royalties is going to support the orphaned and impoverished Children of Hope. The children and staff enjoy her visits and consider her a member of their Hope family. Sharon Jennings is a greatly appreciated return visitor to this centre in Kikima, Kenya. Eva Campbell's evocative illustrations glow with light and colour, rendered in gouache, acrylic and ink on canvas. When a new child enters the orphanage, at first Yula is angry and jealous, but soon she warmly welcomes Mutuku just as she had been welcomed when she first arrived. When four-year-old Yula is discovered by the orphanage director "Mum" and introduced to a caring home and school, her abilities develop as do her understandings of how to care for others. This is the fictionalized story of "Yula", a character inspired by a real girl Sharon Jennings met in her visits to the Hope Development Centre in Kenya. ![]()
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