Product Description
What the World Doesn't See
Author: Mel Darbon
Format: Paperback
Recommended for ages 13+
Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024
Cheshire Schools' Book Award 2025
"Poignant, tender, and utterly absorbing, I defy you not to root for Jake and Maudie." — Lisa Williamson, author of The Art of Being Normal
"A hug of a book that holds the reader tight and says sometimes the world is too much and it's ok not to be ok." — Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of How to Change the World
Run away from what they see. Discover who you are.
Maudie and Jake's family is falling to pieces - their mum's been struggling with her grief since they lost Dad and one night she vanishes. When Jake is put into care, Maudie can't take it any more. She comes up with a wild plan to pull their family back together - by kidnapping Jake.
On the run in Cornwall, Jake and Maudie each find something they hadn't expected - freedom and love. But can they find Mum and a way to heal together?
A powerful and insightful novel about grief, disability and first love; a story about getting lost and finding yourself.
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