A beautiful and warm YA contemporary about finding love after loss, from a stunning new voice.

This is a story about Noori and Aamir. A story about grief, family, and the unexpected turns life can take. A story of first love.

Noori has it all sussed out. She may only be sixteen and a Bollywood fanatic with an incredible lack of foresight, but she knows a thing or two about life and its messy heartaches. When she runs into Aamir, a scruffy desi dude with tea-stained eyes, her confused soul turns upside-down. There is something about him she can't work out.

Aamir is trying to escape a misunderstood and painful past. When his world collides with Noori's, life gets even more complicated. Invisible threads connect them. Will they both realize what's at stake, before they run out of time?

About the Author
Rebeka Shaid was raised in a multicultural household, surrounded by piles of books, nosy siblings and lots of mythical trees that are known as the Black Forest. Growing up she wanted to be a snake charmer or ventriloquist, but that (luckily) didn't pan out. Instead, she turned to words and writing. After doing sensible adult things like going to university, working as a business journalist, and becoming a mum, she decided to pen a YA novel. In her writing, she likes to explore themes of identity, loss, and coming of age.

Reviews
Romantic, humorous, thoroughly modern and one that left me wondering whether the outcome of this boy-meets-girl tale would be a positive one right until the very end. * World's Smallest Library *
At times it made me cry and laugh and I really wanted to stay with Noori and Aamir. In the end, it was their love for each other that drew me into their story and kept me with them page after page. -- Kirsten (age 13) * Books up North *
This is a lyrical, immersive, and beautifully haunting debut which finds us desperately hoping Noori and Aamir can find their connection, believe in it and understand it. We become one with them and we want the best for them. * Armadillo Magazine *
I was swept up in the story of these two teenagers - a story of first love - as I'm sure many readers of around Noori's age will be. I look forward to more from Rebeka Shaid; this is an intensely moving debut novel. * Red Reading Hub *
This impressive novel manages to explore complex emotions and family dynamics. It even includes quite a lot of historical information about the partition of India in 1947 and how it affected their two families. The two young people get intensely heated about poetry, death, culture, politics and religion during their stormy week together. * The Letterpress Project *



Book Information
ISBN 9781529513967
Author Rebeka Shaid
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Walker Books Ltd
Publisher Walker Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 209g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm