Description: Bodie is haunted by a ghost who feeds her fears about being sick. With her best friend Mina's help, she learns to stand up to him and take back control. A funny, empowering story for children aged 7+ about understanding emetophobia and trying to build resilience against it.
Brief description: Dr Ffion Jones is an author and illustrator. She works as an emotional wellbeing practitioner and an anti-bullying trainer in schools in the UK and writes stories that help children explore difficult feelings, drawing on both her professional work and her experience as a parent supporting her daughter through emetophobia. She is based in Swansea, Wales.
Review Quotes: A warm, insightful, and empowering story that beautifully captures the inner world of a child living with emetophobia. Through Bodie's courage, humour, and struggles, kids learn that fear can be faced one small step at a time. This book is an invaluable resource for any child who longs to feel braver and less alone.-- "Anna S. Christie, Emetophobia Specialist, Author of 'Emetophobia: Understanding and Treating Fear of Vomiting in Children' and Adults' and 'Conquer Your Emetophobia: Advice from a Therapist Who Overcame Her Fear of Vomiting'"