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The Letter with the Golden Stamp

By: Onjali Q. Raúf
Narrated by: Rebecca Hayes
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 From Onjali Q. Rauf, author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes another incredible story, told with humour and heart. Touching on the challenges navigated by children caring for loved ones at home, this story brings into focus their hardships and worries, alongside the unexpected, invisible sources of kindness which can change their lives.

10-year-old Audrey has a secret. A secret no one - not her friends, her teachers, not even her neighbours - knows about. And to keep it hidden she has become one of the best actresses on the planet. As soon as she steps out of the front door, the show is on, and all the world becomes her stage! No-one would ever guess that she is a nurse and doctor for her mam, the family food shopper (and sometimes shoplifter), a medicines collector, and even bedtime-reader for her younger siblings.

But when Audrey's mam gets sicker, things go from difficult to impossible. If Mam's condition doesn't improve, there's a chance the family will be separated. And so Audrey becomes determined to find a way of to get her mam the best treatment available, so that they won't ever need to be apart. The only problem is, the treatment will cost her thousands. Thousands that Audrey doesn't have.

As Audrey sets about trying to make her dream for her family come true with a plan that involves her precious stamp collection, an unsuspecting postal system, and a journey all the way from Wales to London, someone else on the street embarks on a secret mission of their own. One that will alter Audrey's life - and that of her family - forever.©2024 Onjali Q. Raúf Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Heartfelt England
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Where to begin? Everything about it is amazing! It’s so heartfelt and really brought awareness to a cause I wasn’t even aware of before, it really lets children that might be reading it know that no matter what they are going through they are not alone.

THIS AUDIO BOOK HAD ME CRYING!!!

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it makes me feel like eating prongles which makes me have big tum tum and knows I bad at running 😡😡😡

dis book makes me feel like a happy little soda drinking fat face

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I had the pleasure of meeting Onjali this week at a book event held at my school. she signed a copy of this book for our library and I wanted to be able to review it for my pupils!

The audible version is brilliant and being read by someone with a Swansea accent was what made it even better! My own children (now 22 and 16) and I have spent many times in Swansea visiting their beloved Grandma and so it also felt familiar hearing the accent.

The story is well told and kept up a good pace and I am really interested to hear from others, their own experiences as a young carers. It will also help children not in that situation have a better understanding and empathy of the many million young people living this as their own truth. The power of community is still very much alive in the pages of this book.

What an honest look at the lives of young carers!!

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As a teaching assistant in a school, I love encouraging children to read and so I read books with them! This book is such an amazing glimpse into a world I have never seen. It was well written and well performed. I will be recommending this to the children at me school.

What a lovely book, you may cry.

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myself and my son listened and loved this story about a young career, its tells us about the a family and struggles of a young career

Young careers

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