Book Author Mary-Anne Scott
Rights Available World excl. NZ, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Sometimes acceptance is at the heart of freedom.
Jordan Baxter, a talented songwriter and musician is determined to keep his home life a secret. He lives with his mother who has a hoarding disorder and his little sister, Tabitha, who is not thriving in the filthy, cluttered environment their mother calls home.
When Tabitha is injured, the family is thrown into the spotlight, forcing Jordan to choose to be free of the mess, and the fear of pity he believes surrounds him.
At the heart of this new-adult novel are questions of love and honesty, and the lesson that acceptance is freedom.
Awards
NZ BookLovers Awards Shortlist 2025
About the Author
Multi-award-winning author Mary-anne Scott – lives in Havelock North. She is a children’s writer: Snakes and Ladders (Scholastic); Coming Home to Roost (Penguin) and Sticking with Pigs (One Tree House), Spearo (One Tree House), Fantastic Mr Bean (One Tree House) and The Tomo (One Tree House).
Snakes and Ladders won the NZCYP Best First Book Award in 2011. All Mary-anne’s books have received Notable Book Awards from the Storylines Trust. Sticking with Pigs and The Tomo were finalists in the young adult and middle fiction categories NZCYP awards in 2019 and 2022.
Visit her website here.
Category
Children’s
Genre
Young Adult
Age range
12+ years
Publication Date
October 2024
Rights Available:
World excl. NZ, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Rights Agents:
World
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