This Boy I Hardly Know
$27.55
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2026
Summary
‘What they want is love … they’ll cross the country and break their hearts to hang on to it’ Melvin Burgess
Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They’ve been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated, and no one can say when they will see each other again.
Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy. Everything see…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839137839 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839137835 |
| Author: | Lisa Heathfield |
| Publisher: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
Chronicling the pain of being disbelieved, uprooted and silenced, this powerful, moving contemporary YA novel is also a defiant celebration of love * Guardian *
Tough and thought-provoking…[with] a swoony love story and a hopeful ending * The Irish Times *
A powerful, heart-rendering insight into care, siblinghood, and found family, so wonderfully and evocatively written. Love, hurt, anger and resilience shine through these characters and make it impossible to put the novel down until we know Dusty and Cooper’s fates – Margaret McDonald
Packed with colour and burning with life’s force… Lisa Heathfield’s brilliant protagonist is full of urgent love, complex betrayals, and ferocious secrets – Luke Palmer
Honest and empathetic, a richly-rewarding read for teens who respond to stories rooted in reality, and tales that glow with love and believable hope * LoveReading4Kids *
About The Author
Lisa Heathfield
Lisa Heathfield’s YA novels have all won or been shortlisted for awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (twice), the YA Book Prize, the Virginia Reader’s Choice Award, the North East Teen Award, the Fabulous Book Award, the Leeds Book Award, the Concorde Book Award, the Southern Schools Book Award and the GDST Award.
Having worked in a school for students with mental health challenges and also a residential children’s home, Lisa now teaches teens who are unable to be in school for a variety of reasons. She lives in Brighton, UK, with her husband and three sons.
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