C. G Drews
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope. Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother, and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music - because...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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. Sam finds himself inextricably caught up in their life, and falling for the beautiful...