![]() It’s 1999, the year before the Y2K panic, two years before an incident in New York would change the world forever. She’s in her final year of primary school, and Pop, who usually lives with them, has had to go into hospital in the next town. Her adoptive father, Luca, has been seeing Anika, and has recently allowed Anika and her son, Sam, to move in with them. ![]() When a group of Kosovar-Albanian refugees are brought to a government ‘safe haven’ not far from Sorrento, their fate becomes intertwined with the lives of Fred and her family in ways that no one could have expected.Īt eleven, almost twelve years old, Fred’s life is changing rapidly. More and more it feels like a land-grab for family and Fred is the one being left off the map.Įven as things feel like they’re spinning out of control for Fred, a crisis from the other side of the world comes crashing in. But now Pop’s had to go away, and Luca’s girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. Her mother died when she was six and she’s been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. ![]() ![]() Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred’s family is a mess. Synopsis: One extraordinary year will change them all… Publisher: Hachette/Lothian Children’s Books ![]()
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