by Sarah Hammond
Mikey is 14 and due to an accident which we are not at first told about has a learning difficulty and behavioural problems. The only friend he has is his dog, Timmer, who is constantly by his side. His dad is in prison. Mikey has the ability of being in a particular location and seeing into the past to see what happened there. In this way he slowly pieces together what happened to his dad, why he ended up in prison, why he has escaped now, what happened to a tramp found dead in the river and what happened to himself - why does he have a scar down the back of his head, and why does he keep having headaches?As the back of the book says, a cross between Skellig and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, but definitely not as good as either - a bit darker and more depressing!
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