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Furious at being moved to the country by his Ma, fourteen year old Bobby thinks of nothing but getting back to the city; back to the life of drink, drugs and driving stolen cars. Reluctantly though, he’s drawn into the country ways and, helping on a local farm, he finds he’s calmed by discovering things he is good at. Gradually, Bobby begins to take stock of his new life and to reflect on the old. A multi-layer plot combining new and age-old mysteries makes a rich setting for a moving, thoughtful and non-judgmental story about the conflicting pulls of adolescence.
Trade review
A gritty, hard-hitting tale of disaffected youth, mixed with the author's signature fantasy elements. Kate Thompson is a multi-award-winning author, the only person to win the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Book of the Year Award, four times. Ages: 12+
Synopsis
When Bobby's mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child was once murdered there. Bobby doesn't care. All he wants is to get back to Dublin and to resume his wild life there, stealing from the crowded shopping streets and racing stolen cars at night.
