Blood Family Author:Anne Fine Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, this dark and gripping novel tells the tragic story of a smart, sweet child poisoned by circumstance as he struggles to escape the horrors of his childhood. — Edward was just four years old when he was locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. By the time an elderly neighbor spots h... more »is pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window and raises the alarm, he was seven.
Rescue comes, but lasting damage has been done. Sent to live with a kind foster family, and then adopted, Edward struggles to adapt to normal life. Even as a smart and curious teenager it?s still clear to his new family and schoolmates there?s something odd about him.
Then one fateful day, Edward catches a glimpse of himself in a photograph. What he sees shocks him to the core?a vision of Harris. Was this monster his father all along? And does that mean that, deep down, another Harris is waiting to break out?« less