A Bad Day for Jayden

A new supply teacher helps to turn Jayden's day around in this gentle and sensitively told story of life as a young carer.

Mum won't get out of bed. His best friend has dumped him. And school work is just too difficult. Jayden wants to do the right thing – but how can he when it feels like the world is conspiring against him?

Everything is going wrong, and when a supply teacher turns up to take his class, Jayden's sure things will keep on getting worse. But Mrs Wilson is not quite the teacher Jayden expected … can she help turn his bad day around?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.