Bought for 25p from my favourite charity shop in Kidlington, Oxon from the sale shelf. I really liked Witch Child by Rees several years ago, so for 25p couldn't ignore this book.

It's really well paced and very enjoyable even for an adult reader (which most good teen fiction should be I believe.) I like the comparisons between the summer of 1959 and the current days and how children are so much more mature in some ways with greater freedom of voice, but still completely the same in others; like enjoying adventure games and mysteries, albeit in a different form. This, of course, also shows how inactive many children and teens are now with restrictions on their freedom to roam.

I'm sure this is right up your street! Hope you enjoy.

Sorry for delay in journalling....thanks for sharing!

This was a good read. A tale of family secrets and the lack of understanding which surrounds ASD. Our knowledge of autism has improved since the 1950s but I'm not sure that attitudes or acceptance of those with the condition have changed that much.

Left on the bookshelf at this station.