Can two broken boys find their perfect home?
Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he's ever known. Now Sam's trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he's caught out when a family returns home. To his amazement this large, chaotic family takes him under their wing - each teenager assuming Sam is a friend of another sibling. Sam finds himself inextricably caught up in their life, and falling for the beautiful Moxie.
But Sam has a secret, and his past is about to catch up with him.
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Genre: #YA #Contemporary
Disability rep: #ND #AutismSpectrumDisorder #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Depression
Publication date: #April2019 #2019year
Awards won: Children's Book Council of Australia Award Nominee, Older Readers (Honourable Mention) (2020)