Hide And Seek

Meet Harry Pickles, aged nine and a bit. Harry is the fastest boy runner in the world (probably), first son of Mo and Pa (the best-looking parents in the school car park), big brother to Daniel (who runs like a girl but is, in his own twerpy way, a star). At least, that's the way it was before the school trip . "One of those rare novels you thrust at your friends and say 'Read this!'. . . Wise and funny and searingly sad but ultimately heart-warming."Jacqueline WilsonI ran to Mo. She said, 'Where's Daniel?'Her eyes x-rayed the anorak like he might be hiding behind it, flickered over my head, scanned the empty bus.I said, 'Isn't he with you?'Then, two things happened at once.Mo's face went thin.And I knew what adults meant when they said that hearts sank.Harry Pickles tells how it really was the year he was nine and his little brother disappeared . . . Startlingly real, achingly sad, unexpectedly funny, Hide & Seek tells the fresh and gripping story of a family whose world is shattered by loss. "Sambrook shows it is possible to write about complex emotional conditions in a child's voice. Touching, sad and very funny."Katy Guest, Independent on Sunday"Harry is a remarkable invention."Lesley McDowell, Sunday Herald Meet Harry Pickles, aged nine and a bit. Harry is the fastest boy runner in the world (probably), first son of Mo and Pa (the best-looking parents in the school car park), big brother to Daniel (who runs like a girl but is, in his own twerpy way, a star). His life is good. He's premier league. At least, that's the way it was before the school trip . . .Clare Sambrook's unforgettable first novel captures with startling truth and clarity the perspective of a confused nine-year-old. Poignant and personal, Hide and Seek resonates with authenticity and a brutal honesty that manages to be harrowing, life-affirming and funny.

Clare Sambrook (Auteur) - Verschenen op 04/05/2006 bij Canongate