When a man returns to his childhood home and visits the derelict tree house in which his father once chose to live, he recalls the past unravelling of his family, the unspoken strangeness of their lives, and the impact on his own adult life. Beautiful, sparse and insightful storytelling. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 14+

 

. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Siobhan Dowd was a highly regarded author, winning the Branford Boase Award, the Bisto Award and, posthumously, the Carnegie Medal. Her legacy includes the Siobhan Dowd Trust, working to bring books to deprived children, and the successes of the posthumously published The Monster Calls and The London Eye Mystery. Emma Shoard is an illustrator and printmaker who graduated in 2011 from Kingston University's Illustration & Animation course. She also works part-time as a bookseller for Daunt Books. In 2018 Emma was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Mal Peet is the author of the acclaimed young adult novels, Tamar, winner of the 2005 Carnegie Medal, and The Penalty, sequel to Keeper. He lives in Devon with his family.