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Title: THE BOY FROM NOWHERE
By: Rosie Goodwin
Format: Paperback

List price: £9.99
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ISBN 10: 0755342283
ISBN 13: 9780755342280
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Publisher: HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP
Pub. date: 1 December, 2009
Pages: 416
Description: In care at four. A runaway at six. On the streets at fifteen. For some kids, there's no hope.
Synopsis: A powerful and moving new novel from this well-loved writer Alex never stood a chance. After one 'accident' too many, he's taken into care aged four. Although his mother promises to get him back, he's adopted by a childless couple and renamed Franky. It should be a fresh start, but his new dad has a twisted idea of fatherhood. Abused and alone, Franky escapes - but his freedom is short-lived, and after a series of foster homes no one can get through to him. He says he's 'the boy from nowhere', but deep down he's still waiting for his mum to take him home. Franky slips into a dangerous world on the streets of London, earning a living the only way he can. One day he might find a way out, but can he ever trust again?
Publication: UK
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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