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Allan Stratton

The Way Back Home


Some things are hard to forgive
2017. 256 S. 198 mm
Verlag/Jahr: RANDOM HOUSE UK; ANDERSEN 2017
ISBN: 1-78344-521-1 (1783445211)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78344-521-9 (9781783445219)

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Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018

When Zoe´s beloved granny is diagnosed with Alzheimer´s and put into a home, Zoe decides to break her out and go on the run. She´s desperate to find her estranged uncle Teddy in the belief that he can help. But ther are some home truths about to be revealed...
Winner of the Scelte di classe 2019

Zoe Bird is going nowhere fast. She´s angry and lonely, and her only true friend is her granny, whose Alzheimer´s is worsening. When her parents put Granny in a home, Zoe decides now is the time to break free. She smuggles Granny out and together they hit the tracks on a cross-country trip to find Zoe´s long-lost uncle. But there will be some home truths along the way. . .
An emotional story about family, surviving school and being true to yourself for fans of The Art of Being Normal and Unbecoming.
"The Way Back Home is a heartfelt, riveting novel from a master of his craft" Quill and Quire
Allan Stratton is the internationally bestselling and awarded author of Chanda´s Secrets, which was made into the Cannes Festival hit Life, Above All. Awards include the Printz Honour Book, two Junior Library Guild selections (US), two Canadian Library Association Best Book Awards, inclusion on the inaugural Pearson Foundation/Writers´ Trust Read-for-Your-School list, and a Times Book of the Week. His work has been published in fifteen countries. For more information, please visit his website at www.allanstratton.com