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Gemma longs for her lost mother, taking comfort from the cuttings in her scrapbook; pictures of mothers who loved their children come what may.



Mike is new to the area; a boy with a terrible secret to hide. A secret about his missing mother.



Gemma and Mike - two kids hurt by their past and now inextricably linked. Their effect on each other's lives will be explosive. Malorie Blackman has a first-rate reputation as a compelling storyteller for children. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES won the Children's Book Award, HACKER won the WHSmith Mind-Boggling Books Award and THIEF! won the Telegraph Award and was made into a successful television series. In 1997 Malorie was one of the judges of the Smarties Book Award. She lives in Kent with her husband and daughter.