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The Outcasts

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444904130

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Iz and Joe never get to go on school trips, especially not residential ones. They don’t mean to get themselves excluded, but still no one ever wants to take them.

Mia isn’t usually included in anything. She just doesn’t see the world in the same way that other people do.

Helen doesn’t know if she’ll be able to go on the trip. Her brothers and sisters often don’t leave her any time to herself.

And Chris wouldn’t have gone, either, if he’d known what he was letting himself in for.

This particular trip will take them further than any of them had imagined …

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Reviews

This absorbing adventure story ... is compassionate and optimistic without being sentimental
School Librarian
Comments from NASEN award judges: 'An exciting story with lots of cliffhangers.' 'It's a great cover which makes you want to pick it up.'
TES
the fable-like quality of the telling has a subdued power.
Linda Newbury, TES
this absorbing adventure story ... would provoke much useful discussion among KS3 students, both in the classroom and within a smaller book-group context.
School Librarian
powerful and often surreal tale
Western Gazette
Fish: 'Stunning debut novel'
The Glasgow Herald
A Dog for Life: 'Children of eight to 11 will love it. And so did I.'
Telegraph