A powerful coming-of-age love story and song to the bond of sisters and found families, set against our broken care system.
Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis and first three chapters of This Boy I Hardly Know by Lisa Heathfield, which releases on May 7th 2026.
Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They’ve been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated, and no one can say when they will see each other again.
Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy. Everything seems stacked against her until she meets beautiful, fearless Cooper at her children’s home, and together they decide to run . . .
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