Daisy's mum is gone. Her dad refuses to talk about it. As far as Daisy's concerned, it's all her fault.
As her life starts to spiral out of control, panic leads to tragedy and Daisy's left alone.
But sometimes the kindness of a stranger can turn things around.
A stranger who desperately wants to save Daisy - if she'll only let herself be saved . . .
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
|---|---|
| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | Puffin |
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What do you do when your new parents decide they don’t want you?
Billy Finn is a care home ‘lifer’. Taken from his mother at age six, due to her poor choice of boyfriend, he lives with his twin younger brother and sister and seven other children in a local authority home. In the care home he has to deal with the grim realities of life in care, the regimented timetables that shape every day, the constant tide of new or casual carers, the physical restraints that accompany his emotional outbursts. To make it worse, he discovers that his mother, seemingly on her way to recovery, is keen to take the twins back home, but not him.
Without them, he would have nothing. His last chance of family would be gone. To break the cycle of abuse for the first time and take his brother and sister out of the house, Billy must change his sense of self, and in some small way, his outlook on family and the future.
An emotional voyage of discovery, coupled with the frustration of being a teenager and the revelation that maybe some people are worth believing in.
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
|---|---|
| World | Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston) |
| UK & Commonwealth | Puffin |
| German | Carlsen |
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