A Room Full Of Chocolate by Jane Elson

When ten year old Grace gets sent to stay with her granddad after her parents split and her mum fights cancer. Though Grace always tries to block out any thought that she has surrounding cancer As she tries to put it to the back of her mind.

As she stays with her granddad though, she discovers her mum's old childhood best friend Allie along with her daughter, Megan still live by them in the same house after her granddad sent his daughter away to school so As to split Allie and Grace's mum Chloe up. Granddad then tries to do that now too with Grace and Megan as he deems Megan a bad influence.

Megan is a wild free spirit even with a pet pig who sticks up for Grace at their school though As Grace gets bullies by Lucy and her group causing physical harm to Grace as well as sending her horrid texts.

As they plan to run away back to London from their trip to York, they enlist the help of some boys on a school trip there too only their coach is too down to london, as they leave the boys Mitchell and Grace exchange numbers bonded by their shared sadness over their mums. There's also the case of keeping their travelling pig a secret too!

I loved this book, a contrast to typical modern day life we get to experience country life on a farm as well as the struggles of being a child and having to cope with a seriously ill mother no matter how much you try to block it all out of your mind. We see the joys of friendship and family even in bitter circumstances and of course the joy of animals! The writing was serious but fun too as Megan helps Grace to cope with her changing life.