A Small Free Kiss in the Dark - Glenda Millard

Skip's an outsider. He's never fitted in. So he takes to the streets. Life there may be hard, but it's better than the one he's left behind, especially when he teams up with homeless veteran Billy. Then come the bombs which bring little Max and Tia, the sad teenage dancer with a tiny baby, into Skip and Billy's world. Scavenging for food, living on love and imagination - how long can Skip's fragile new family hold out as war grips the city? A moving tale of hope and survival, set in a bleak, war-torn world.

Australian Glenda Millard left school at 15 and went straight out to work. At the age of 45 she found herself out of a job and her children grown up. She began to write and hasn't stopped since, winning many awards in Australia for her picture books and fiction. With her appearance on the Carnegie shortlist 2017
with 'The Stars at Oktober Bend', her writing is finally getting the recognition it deserves in the UK.

"Be prepared to be moved, enchanted, heartbroken and uplifted all at the same time by this wonderfully poignant novel" LibraryMice blogger.