This Boy I Hardly Know

Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They’ve been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated. Dusty is sent to a children’s home in a different town; Poppy to a family hundreds of miles away. No one can say when they will see each other again. Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy. Everything seems stacked against her until she meets beautiful, fearless Cooper at the home, and together they decide to run. What follows is a heart-breaking love story, road movie, tense police hunt, and hope-filled celebration of sibling bonds and kindness, which shines a light on a failing care sector where a quarter of children are living apart from their siblings.

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'What they want is love . . . they'll cross the country and break their hearts to hang on to it' Melvin Burgess Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They've been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated, and no one can say when they will see each other again.Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy. Everything seems stacked against her until she meets beautiful, fearless Cooper at her children's home, and together they decide to run . . .'Raw, real, and full of heart' Ciara Smyth 'Daisy and Cooper have my heart entirely' Louisa Reid'Full of urgent love, complex betrayals and ferocious secrets' Luke Palmer

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Dimensions 198 × 129 mm
Author

Publisher

Andersen Press

Imprint

Andersen Press

Cover

Paperback

Pages

336

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J