New Releases by Jenny Valentine

La Rowan està molt segura que no és seu el negatiu de fotografia que aquell noi diu que li ha caigut i que li dóna tant sí com no. Pensa que potser ho fa per lligar o per fer-la quedar en ridícul davant de tothom allà a la cua del supermercat. No es pot imaginar que és el primer d''un seguit de fets que trasbalsaran la seva vida dura i complicada (perquè després de la mort del seu germà gran, que tant admirava, els pares se separen, la mare cau en una depressió, i ells es fa càrrec de fet de la seva germana petita) i que li faran veure que la vida també té una altra cara.

Een 17-jarige weggelopen jongen woont alleen in Londen en probeert daar al het contact met anderen te mijden.

Er waren redenen waarom Violet Park niets met mij te maken zou moeten hebben. Ze was oud. Ze was dood. Ze zat in een urn op een plank. Maar per ongeluk ontmoette ik haar midden in de nacht. En alles veranderde. Lucas (16) raakt geïntrigeerd door een urn die is achtergelaten bij een taxistandplaats. Hij probeert de urn met de as van Violet Park in bezit te krijgen en gaat op zoek naar de geschiedenis van deze vrouw. Hij realiseert zich niet dat dit het begin is van een zoektocht naar zichzelf en zijn identiteit. En uiteindelijk moet hij onder ogen zien wat er gebeurd is met zijn verdwenen (en misschien wel overleden) vader.

Positive. Negative. It''s how you look at it. . . . Someone shoves a photo negative into Rowan''s hands. She is distracted but, frankly, she has larger problems to worry about. Her brother is dead. Her father has left. Her mother won''t get out of bed. She has to take care of her younger sister. And keep it all together . . . But Rowan is curious about the mysterious boy and the negative. Who is he? Why did he give it to her? The mystery only deepens when the photo is developed and the inconceivable appears. Everything is about to change for Rowan. . . . Finally, something positive is in her life. Award-winning author Jenny Valentine delivers a powerful and life-affirming story of grief, friendship, and healing that will resonate long after the last page.

Me: Lucas Swain—I''m nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed. The Missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It''s enough to drive you crazy. The Dead: That''s Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy—I know she''s trying to tell me something, and I think it''s about my father. . . . A dead lady may not be much to go on, but my dad''s out there somewhere, and it''s up to me to find out where.

Lucas and his sister Mercy have good intentions when they take their little brother Jed and forgetfulgrandad, Norman, on a day out in London. It''s only 10 stations - what could possibly go wrong? ''Ten Stations'' is published alongside the first few chapters of the new ''Mates, Dates'' story.

A stunning new look for the irresistible novel from Guardian-award-winning novelist, Jenny Valentine.

When a series of chance events leaves him in possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Londoner, Lucas Swain, becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father''s sudden disappearance--Résumé de l''éditeur.