Awards

• Long-listed for Carnegie Medal 2020
• Short-listed for Lancashire Book of the Year Award 2020
• Short-listed for North East Teen Book Awards 2020

Overview

Ro Snow is the girl no-one notices–and that is exactly how she’d like things to stay. She doesn’t have close friends, she doesn’t go to parties and she certainly doesn’t chase boys. All because Ro has a secret she can’t let anyone discover–her mum is a hoarder. Then Noah moves in next door, new girl Tanvi sits next to her at school and Ro feels seen and heard for the first time ever; but if people can see Ro, they might see her secret too…

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9781910989968

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Pacy, instantly absorbing * Guardian * Relatable characters and well-crafted dialogue make this a thoroughly engaging read * Financial Times * Poignant, thought-provoking and intensely readable . . . UK YA writing at its best * The Bookseller * Biggest Children's Books of 2019 * The Times *

'Pacy, instantly absorbing' The Guardian ; 'Relatable characters and well-crafted dialogue make this a thoroughly engaging read' Financial Times

Author Information

Lisa was born and grew up in Nottingham. Following a degree in drama, she worked as an actor for over a decade before writing her debut novel. The Art of Being Normal went on to win the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Best Older Fiction 2016 and was the bestselling hardback UKYA debut of 2015. Lisa is also the author of First Day of My Life, All About Mia, First Names: Malala (Yousafzai) and was one of seven contributors to the collaborative YA novel Floored. When she's not writing, Lisa loves long walks, long talks, dessert, good books and bad TV. She lives in London.

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