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THE GONE BOOK

Helena Close

Shortlisted for the 2020 An Post Irish Book Awards in the teen & YA category.

Hard-hitting urban drama about teenage friendship, loss, and a broken home

Matt's mam left home when he was 10. He writes letters to her but doesn't send them. He keeps them in his Gone Book, which he hides in his room. Five years of letters about his life. Five years of hurt. Matt's dad won't talk about her. His older brother is mixed up with drugs and messing with dangerous characters. His friends, Mikey and Anna, are the best thing in his life, but Matt keeps pushing them away. All Matt wants to do is skate, surf, and forget. But now his mam is back in town and Matt knows he needs to find her, to finally deliver the truth.
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Published 2020-04-01 by Little Island Books