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'Can two broken boys find their perfect home? By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, this is a gorgeously told, powerful story.
'Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he’s ever known. Now Sam’s trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he’s caught out when a family returns home. To his amazement this large, chaotic family takes him under their wing -- each teenager assuming Sam is a friend of another sibling. Sam finds himself inextricably caught up in their life, and falling for the beautiful Moxie.
'But Sam has a secret, and his past is about to catch up with him.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Drews released two self-published sequels to The Boy Who Steals Houses. The first sequel - The Kings of Nowhere - was released in serialised form via Patreon in 2022. The third novel - The House for Lost Things - was released in serialised form via Patreon in 2023.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Autism. Type of character Secondary. Point of view Third person.
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Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Awards
- 2020 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2020 nominated Yoto Carnegies Library Association Awards (UK) CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Awards — Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing