'I didna want to leave really. I wanted to push the red emergency button like they have on trains to stop and you have to pay a fifty pound fine if you didna mean it. I wanted to make the pilot turn the plane around. I wanted to go back to ma school. I didn't even know what Maidstone looked like. It sounded grey. Grey, dull and dreary. No music, no Castle, no Firth of Forth, no Lucy, no Helen, no Saturdays into Princes Street on the bus for GBP1, we get on for half I folded ma arms, arranging ma face into a permanent sulk with a clear 'No Entry' sign on it.' Isla moves down with her parents from Scotland to England and instantly feels herself in an alien land. But then she meets Luke and slowly their friendship blossoms into love. Each chapter reveals the alternate viewpoints of Isla and Luke - Isla the motormouth, Luke more measured. With the potential to appeal to both boys and girls, this is a brilliant first novel from a very talented author, also a teacher, who was discovered on the 'slush' pile.

pacy, contemporary writing seen from the viewpoints of both Isla and Luke - has the potential to appeal to boys and girls new author discovered on the 'slush' pile

About the Author
Rhian Tracey is a teacher. This is her first novel, and she is currently working on a sequel following the lives of Isla and Luke. She lives in Northamptonshire.


Book Information
ISBN 9780747563440
Author Rhian Tracey
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 135g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm