Bruised

Bruised

A heartbreaking story guaranteed to get into your head and your heart.

That's where I should have started the story. I sat for ages in the dark, with my head in a swirl. My thoughts were spinning round and round, like clothes in a washing machine. Bruising, I thought. Alcoholic. Social worker. Foster care. Scum. School. Measles. Cow. Mobile phone. Danielle. That was the beginning. But I'd forgotten that until now. I mean, but it's amazing what you can forget...

It all started when Gramma died. And then Jonathan and Julie had only apples for dinner. Apples, an alcoholic mother, and one big bruise on Julie's face. Jonathan had no choice but to pack their schoolbags and run away, far from Ma...

Until the police catch up with them and take Julie away and lock up Jono. And through his questioning, Jonathan must finally confront the real truth.

A powerful tale of one boy's mission to protect his younger sister - no matter what the cost.

Siobhan Parkinson is a novelist and one of Ireland's best-known writers for children. She has won bagfuls of awards and nominations, and her books have been translated around the world. In 2010 Siobhan was appointed the first ever Irish Children's Laureate.

Bruised
Hachette Australia
Author: Siobhan Parkinson
ISBN: 9781444903591
Price: $16.99