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02539aam a2200373Mi 4500 001 553D9A702E4611ECB49FBC5739ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211016010012 008 200910s2021 enka c 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1843654792 (hbk) 020 $a 9781843654797 (hbk) 035 $a (OCoLC)1267996833 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d NZLPP $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Smy, Pam, $e author. 245 14 $a The hideaway / $c Pam Smy. 264 1 $a London : $b Pavilion Books, $c 2021. 300 $a 223 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a The wonderful long-awaited second novel from Pam Smy, celebrated author and illustrator of Thornhill. The Hideaway tells the story of a boy, Billy McKenna, who runs away from a difficult situation at home and takes refuge in an overgrown graveyard. While hiding there he meets an elderly man who is tending the graves in preparation for a day in November when something magical is set to happen. The book is written in two alternating narratives, both different aspects of the same story. One thread tells of Billy's experience of hiding away in the graveyard, his mixed-up feelings and emotions, and the supernatural events he eventually witnesses. The other tells of his mother's situation at home and the police search for Billy. Covering themes of family, childhood, separation and reunion, domestic violence and doing the right thing, this is an important and beautiful book for middle grade readers right up to adults. Billy's story is illustrated throughout with tonal and textured black and white drawings, until the event on All Souls' Eve, when the text gives way to a series of double page images of the supernatural happening. A compelling, exciting and emotional story that will stay with you long after you finish the last page. 650 0 $a Runaway teenagers $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Cemeteries $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Family violence $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Dysfunctional families $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Teenage boys $x Family relationships $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Missing children $x Investigation $v Juvenile fiction. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Paranormal fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Ghost stories. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629014903.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630013058.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211016010233.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=553D9A702E4611ECB49FBC5739ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search