At BlueSky school in Marbleglow, the capital city of the Skylands, it was the very last day of lessons before the Christmas holidays.

What normally happened was that you’d have a fun day at school where you just played games, and then the next day everyone would meet in Satinshine Park and exchange Christmas presents.

But this year, as Scarlett spent the last day of term with her friends Theo, Alex, Rene, Cyrano, Erwin and Elly she was both excited and sad at the same time. Sad, because she wouldn’t be able to go to Satinshine Park the next day and meet everyone, but excited because for this Christmas holiday she and her family were going to visit her Aunty Rachel all the way south in Horsmarlonerpool.