![]() ![]() Is he really trying to help, or to cover up his own involvement in the crime?ĩ28 Miles from Home is a powerful new story from the multi-award-winning author of Smart and A Seven-Letter Word, Kim Slater. But Calum can't help feeling that Sergei's hiding something. Trapped at home, Calum and Sergi slowly start to understand each other, and even work together to investigate a series of break-ins at the local community centre. ![]() ![]() ![]() He's actually sharing a room with 'the enemy'! How's he going to explain that to his mates? Yet when Calum is knocked down in a hit-and-run and breaks both legs, everything changes. For now though, he's stuck coping alone while his dad works away, writing scripts in his head and trying to stay 'in' with his gang of mates at school, who don't like new kids, especially foreign ones.īut when his father invites his new Polish girlfriend and her son, Sergi, to move in, Calum's life is turned upside down. Kim Slater honed her storytelling skills as a child, writing macabre tales specially designed to scare her younger brother Taking her literary inspiration from everyday life, Kim's debut novel, Smart, won ten regional prizes and was shortlisted for over twenty regional and national awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize. One day he'll escape this boring life and write movies, proper ones, with massive budgets and A-list stars. Fourteen year old Calum Brooks has big dreams. ![]()
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