A chilling YA thriller told in verse about online romance, obsession, and the dangers hiding behind a screen.
Daisy has always been quiet – the kind of girl who fades into the background. So when she meets a boy online who really sees her, she falls fast. He listens. He understands. He makes her feel special in a way no one at school ever has. Soon, Daisy’s world shrinks to a glowing screen. Her mum worries. Her best friend Erin is pushed aside. But Daisy doesn’t notice – she’s in love.
Then Daisy goes to meet him in real life. And she never comes back.
Left behind with guilt and unanswered questions, Erin is forced to confront the truth Daisy never saw. In a world where screens can lie and love can be faked, how can anyone know who to trust?
Price: $14.95
Pages: 224
Publisher: Little Island Books
Imprint: Little Island Books
Publication Date:
20 April 2027
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.10 in
ISBN: 9781918353082
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Dating & Sex, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense / Crime, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fiction
Máire Zepf has written over fifteen books for children, from picture books to a YA verse novel. Winner of the Children's Books Ireland Vhildren’s Book of the Year, five Literature Association of Ireland Children’s Book Awards and two international White Ravens among many others, her books appear in ten languages worldwide. Her 'Rita' series of picture books with illustrator Mr. Ando has recently been adapted for television. She is screen-writer and co-creator of the celtic anime series ‘Lí Ban.’ The Co. Down author was the first Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, based at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen's University Belfast. Máire loves sea-swimming and crisps.
