Sudden, severe ill health comes as a shock and presents several challenges, most notably, loss of confidence. Suddenly people are afraid to take exercise, have sex or even go to the shops. Their entire self-image takes a battering, and this roller-coaster of uncertainty often leads to anxiety and depression. This book looks at the learning curve involved in sudden and chronic illness, and explores key ways to build psychological resilience during...

Can piecing together the past help you change the present? Safiya and her mum have never seen eye to eye. Her mum doesn?t understand Safiya?s love of gaming and Safiya doesn't think they have anything in common. As Safiya struggles to fit in at school she wonders if her mum wishes she was more like her confident best friend Elle. But then her mum falls into a coma and, when Safiya waits by her bedside, she finds herself in a strange alternative world...

By midnight, most kids are deep asleep in bed, but in the Midnight Gang, things are just getting started. With the heart and humour that David Walliams is so well known for, this tale of five children in a brilliantly inventive and eccentric hospital setting promises to take fans from around the globe to way past bedtime on an unmissable midnight adventure.