Book description
Twelve-year-old Jack Morrow is used to life being complicated. His
mother died five years ago, and his father is now headed for prison.
But then Jack discovers he's a Yard Boy - someone with the ability to
travel through Sorrowlines, the channels that connect every gravestone
with the date of the person's death - and he is quickly pulled into an
adventure beyond anything he could have possibly imagined.
Finding himself in 1940s war-torn London, with his then-teenage
grandfather, Davey, Jack soon realises that his arrival in the past
has not gone unnoticed. The evil forces of a secret world are
determined to find him - and to find out all he knows.
As Jack struggles to survive, he comes ever closer to unlocking the
dark secret at the heart of his family, and to - just maybe - changing
his own destiny . . .
Niel Bushnell began his career working in comics before moving into
animation on the feature films Space Jam & Lost in Space, and as an
animator & illustrator for several computer games, including Harry
Potter and the Philosophers' Stone. In 2002 Niel established Qurios, an
animation & VFX studio which has contributed to many UK TV shows,
including Spooks and Hyperdrive. He was recently commissioned by BBC
Radio 4 to develop his sit-com, Ragnor Rock. Sorrowline is his first
novel.
