Another Place
Matthew Crow
Sixteen-year-old Claudette Flint is coming home from hospital after an escalating depression left her unable to cope. She may seem unchanged on the outside; but everything's different. The same could be said about her seaside hometown.
A local teenager, Sarah, has disappeared. Sarah had a bad reputation round town; but now she's vanished the close-knit community seems to be unspooling.
As the police investigate and the press digs around for dirt, small town scandals start to surface. What nobody knows yet is that Claudette and Sarah had a secret friendship. And that the last secret Sarah shared may be the key to the truth.
After weeks of focusing solely on herself, Claudette realises she is not the only part of the world that needs fixing - and that if she can piece together the fragments of Sarah's story, then maybe she can piece herself back together too.
Another Place is a novel about lost girls, recovered life - and the meaning of home.
A local teenager, Sarah, has disappeared. Sarah had a bad reputation round town; but now she's vanished the close-knit community seems to be unspooling.
As the police investigate and the press digs around for dirt, small town scandals start to surface. What nobody knows yet is that Claudette and Sarah had a secret friendship. And that the last secret Sarah shared may be the key to the truth.
After weeks of focusing solely on herself, Claudette realises she is not the only part of the world that needs fixing - and that if she can piece together the fragments of Sarah's story, then maybe she can piece herself back together too.
Another Place is a novel about lost girls, recovered life - and the meaning of home.
GENRE
Young Adult
UK PUBLICATION
August 2017
Young Adult
UK PUBLICATION
August 2017
Praise
Longlisted for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal
"Buy it now, read his earlier works (written at a young age) and watch out for more - please."
Amazon
"A truly beautiful story. Poignant, gripping and witty and deserves to become a classic."
Amazon
"Buy it now, read his earlier works (written at a young age) and watch out for more - please."
Amazon
"A truly beautiful story. Poignant, gripping and witty and deserves to become a classic."
Amazon
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