The Last Days of Archie Maxwell

Dads leave home all the time. It's not that unusual, really. Jack's dad ran off with another woman. So did Mo's. But Archie's? That's a different story - a story that Archie must keep to himself. If Tia found out, let alone his mates, his life would be over. But other people are guarding much deeper secrets of their own, secrets that will change the course of Archie's days for ever ...

About the author

Annabel Pitcher's novels My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Ketchup Clouds and Silence is Goldfish have won and been shortlisted for heaps of prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. Annabel had the idea for her first book while she was travelling the world and wrote it in notebooks all the way home. Now she is happiest with her husband and two young sons living in the middle of nowhere (Yorkshire, actually), walking her dog and creating her warm-hearted, complex and brilliantly original stories.

Summary

Hard-hitting and achingly real, this carefully crafted YA novel from the multi-award-winning author of My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a moving tale of mental health, sexuality and modern family life.

Product details

• Authors: Annabel Pitcher, Pitcher Annabel
• Publisher: Barrington Stoke
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781781127285
• ISBN: 978-1-78112-728-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Super-readable YA
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Boys & Men, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Loners & Outcasts, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Depression, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Suicide, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Interest age: from c 13 years, For reluctant or struggling readers (children / teenagers), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Parents, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Identity / belonging