book cover of This Boy I Hardly Know
 

This Boy I Hardly Know

(2026)
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‘What they want is love . . . they’ll cross the country and break their hearts to hang on to it’ Melvin Burgess

Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They’ve been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated, and no one can say when they will see each other again.

Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy. Everything seems stacked against her until she meets beautiful, fearless Cooper at her children’s home, and together they decide to run . . .

'''Raw, real, and full of heart’ Ciara Smyth

'Daisy and Cooper have my heart entirely' Louisa Reid

'Full of urgent love, complex betrayals and ferocious secrets' Luke Palmer



Genre: Young Adult Fiction



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