10-year-old Freya Patel thinks it is RUBBISH her family are living on her Gran's farm in Australia for a year. Emma Lloyd is excited to have a girl her own age next door...but can a girl from the country make friends with a city girl from London?

Can people from opposite ends of the earth really be friends?

When Maisie the cow gets in trouble, Freya and Emma join forces to rescue her calf and discover they have more in common than they expect.

Summer Brook Spring introduces the Summer Brook Besties series, a cosy new series for young readers about two very different girls, from very different backgrounds, who learn together that curiosity and kindness can bridge all sorts of differences.

Featuring vivid, diverse characters and touching on themes such as the impact of climate change, this is a thoroughly modern take on the Enid Blyton-style bookseries. Escape with the Summer Brook Besties to a place where life isn't easy but people are kind.