Getting your first hearing aids can be nerve-wracking; especially when you have to wear them to school. But when Callie realises her new hearing aids - 'the Slugs' - give her the unique ability to communicate with Bo the Mynah bird, some of her worries are lifted. In fact, having a pair of eyes in the sky might come in very handy...

Karen Owen has been partially deaf since childhood, and wrote the character Callie in Major and Mynah to reflect who she wanted to be when she was younger - funny, clever and with a special gift to hear something that other people cannot. She was brought up in Kent and currently lives in London.