The narrative is split between two young protagonists, English Jess, whose lines are written by Crossan, and Nicu, newly arrived from Romania, voiced by Conaghan. In this fine and extremely moving novel, they share the writing honours.

Introducing the MIT Walker Collection - bringing innovative new STEAM books written by expertsįebruary 2017 MEGA Book of the Month | In a nutshell: unputdownable story, beautifully told | Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan are two of our most garlanded YA authors: she won the 2016 Carnegie Medal, the UK’s top children’s book award he has just been awarded the 2016 Costa Children’s Book Award.

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