Crossing the Line - Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers'' Choice Award

About the author

CROSSING THE LINE, winner of the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal and the UKLA 11-14+ prize, is Tia Fisher's debut novel.

Tia writes books for the rebel inside her. She spent her youth desperate to escape the boredom of a tiny village in Norfolk, reading everything she could lay her hands on. After being expelled from boarding school and dropping out of university, she had a bewildering variety of jobs - from TV presenter to ESOL teacher to artists' model - before finding her happy place working in libraries and writing stories. In her fifties, she went back to university, and is now the proud owner of a master's degree in writing for young people. She has recently moved back to Norfolk - and now she doesn't think it's boring at all!

Hot Key Books will publish Tia's YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN in autumn 2025, and a middle grade WW2 story, OPERATION DOODLEBUG, is coming out in 2026 with Piccadilly Press.

Website: www.tiafisher.com

Summary

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE.

Foreword

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE. Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award 2024.

Product details

• Authors: Tia Fisher
• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9781471413049
• ISBN: 978-1-4714-1304-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Bullying, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Violence, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Loners & Outcasts, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Class Differences, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Peer Pressure, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Assimilation, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: siblings (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: New baby, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Track & Field