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A gripping novel of rehabilitation and hope, inspired by real-life cases of children who commit murders and are later released back into the community How would you cope if you committed a terrible crime as a youngster - not even a teenager - and were then released back into the community as a young adult, attempting to make a new life for yourself Scared to ever let down your guard and let people know who you are Scared to look back and see what 'you' did in the past And - just a little - hopeful that the future could be so much better than your past - This is what faces Alex in this hardhitting new novel from Sandra Glover.

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Tackles the controversial subject of child killers with subtlety and sensitivity . . . raises pertinent moral questions about people's capacity to change and society's capacity for forgiveness * The School Librarian *
Should make readers question what is meant by justice * The Bookseller *
Deftly raises many pertinent questions . . . provocative, gritty and compelling * Inis *
Moving and thought-provoking * Carousel *

Author Bio

Sandra Glover is a a writer for children who combines the very best of the worlds of contemporary 'issue' novels with the magic of the best fantasy and adventure stories. Her first book, THE NOWHERE BOY, was shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book Award and the Lanarkshire Children's Book Award; and THE GIRL WHO KNEW was also shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book Award.