This is an acutely observed story of adolescence, featuring one of the most likeable but challenging young adults in contemporary fiction. In Lou Connor, Hyland creates a larger-than-life protagonist who mesmerises the reader with her vivacity and vulnerability, from hopeful beginning to unexpected, haunting end.
How the Light gets in is published through a joint initiative between two of the best independent publishing houses; Canongate who focus on adult publishing and Walker Books who focus on children's publishing. Together their aim is to bring some of the best fiction to teens/young adults.
Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney. When she is offered an exchange student placement at a school in America it seems as if her dreams will be fulfilled. Her host family has a beautiful house and couldn't be more welcoming...until she starts to be suffocated by the repressed atmosphere of their suburban mansion and things start to go badly wrong.
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Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney. When she is offered an exchange student placement at a school in America it seems as if her dreams will be fulfilled.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed How the Light Gets in and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
How the Light Gets in features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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How the Light Gets in was written by M.J. Hyland and published by Walker Canongate an imprint of Walker Books Ltd
How the Light Gets in has 329 pages