After running away from her abusive dad Jay in the middle of the night with her mother and younger brother, Jayni adopts a new name – Lola Rose – to make it hard for him to track her down.

At first, things seem to be going well. The trio go to London, check into a hotel, and buy themselves new wardrobes to fit their new identities. They treat themselves to cream cakes in glittering restaurants, to toys at Hamley’s, to a day out at the zoo. But, when the money runs out and Jayni’s mother gets some unexpected news, the book takes a seriously dark turn.

Secrets

India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can’t stand, a dad she adores, and a diary she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank. Treasure, meanwhile, lives on a nearby local council estate with her loving grandmother – although she’s constantly afraid that she will be forced to return to her mother and violent stepfather.

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