The Boy Next Door

Now she wasn''t Molly Cassidy, St Anne''s pain-in-the-hole princess. She was nine-year-old Molly who was my best friend in the whole world. Nobody had put her in the recovery position. All these people and they''d just left her like that . . . I held her hand until the ambulance came.
Finbar and Molly live next door to each other. When they were children, they spent hours and hours together. They were best friends. Until they weren''t.

Now 18, Fin and Molly move in very different circles. Molly is popular, pretty, dating the most handsome boy in the whole school. Fin has one friend and he''s pretty sure he hates his dad and his little sister.

At a party one night, though, they''re pulled together in a way neither of them expects and then follows a year that will see them experiencing life-changing challenges, friendships, love and everything in between.
Praise for Jenny Ireland:''Everything a YA contemporary novel should be: full of warmth, growth, and romance . . . beautifully relatable and a powerful reminder of the importance of empathy'' - Paper Lanterns

''Romance with substance'' - Irish Times<>

About the author

Jenny Ireland is a Young Adult writer who lives outside Belfast with her husband, two children and border collie. She is a Law and French Law graduate and former paralegal.

In 2019 she underwent emergency brain surgery. While this experience was relatively traumatic, the close encounter with death has given her the gift of seeing what truly matters in life. Writing books.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Ireland
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.04.2024
• EAN: 9780241591888
• ISBN: 978-0-241-59188-8
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience, Interest age: from c 13 years, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Disabilities