Multi-award-winning Patrice Lawrence's first contemporary
middle grade novel is a page-turning mystery and exploration
of fractured families, long-buried secrets and the power of friendship,
told with warmth and compassion.
12 year old Ayrton and his mum have recently moved back to the
area they lived in when he was a baby – the area they fled
after a local woman stole him away from Mum when she was out shopping,
thankfully returning him after only a short time had passed.
Mum is suffocatingly over-protective of Ayrton, who just
wants to be a normal boy. At his new school, he discovers that
his new friend Stanley is linked to him in an astonishing way:
Stanley's grandma was the woman who took Ayrton while his
mum's back was turned. She became estranged from her own
family because of her actions and Stanley has never known her.
Together the boys decide to track down the grandma – now
a famous artist with the Banksy-style pseudonym Vixen – but
will Ayrton's mother can get answers to the questions that torment
her, and will Ayrton be able to live a more free life?
- Stunning storytelling – by turns powerful and witty –
from an exceptional writer for young people- A page-turning mystery with real depth
- An exploration of fractured families, long-buried secrets and
the power of friendship, told with warmth and compassion.
Genre: Children's Fiction
- An exploration of fractured families, long-buried secrets and
- A page-turning mystery with real depth
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