This Boy I Hardly Know

Author:   Lisa Heathfield
Publisher:   Andersen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781839137839


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   07 May 2026
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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This Boy I Hardly Know


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‘What they want is love . . . they’ll cross the country and break their hearts to hang on to it’ Melvin Burgess Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They’ve been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated, and no one can say when they will see each other again. Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy. Everything seems stacked against her until she meets beautiful, fearless Cooper at her children’s home, and together they decide to run . . . ‘Raw, real, and full of heart’ Ciara Smyth 'Daisy and Cooper have my heart entirely' Louisa Reid 'Full of urgent love, complex betrayals and ferocious secrets' Luke Palmer

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Author:   Lisa Heathfield
Publisher:   Andersen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Andersen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781839137839


ISBN 10:   1839137835
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   07 May 2026
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 18 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Packed with colour and burning with life’s force… Lisa Heathfield’s brilliant protagonist is full of urgent love, complex betrayals, and ferocious secrets -- Luke Palmer


Author Information

Lisa Heathfield’s YA novels have all won or been shortlisted for awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (twice), the YA Book Prize, the Virginia Reader’s Choice Award, the North East Teen Award, the Fabulous Book Award, the Leeds Book Award, the Concorde Book Award, the Southern Schools Book Award and the GDST Award. Having worked in a school for students with mental health challenges and also a residential children’s home, Lisa now teaches teens who are unable to be in school for a variety of reasons. She lives in Brighton, UK, with her husband and three sons.

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