Escape Routes realistic fiction Chris Haughton

Chris Haughton

Deb Fitzpatrick skilfully renders the ripple effect when a 15-year-old gets into the wrong company and enjoys it … it is

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The worst drought in over sixty years threatens the crops that the entire village relies on for income

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Escape Routes realistic fiction Chris HaughtonWritten by Naomi Ishiguro paperback Characterised by its own brand of pleasingly unsettling magic, Naomi Ishiguro's Escape Routes matches the inventiveness of David Mitchell with the fairy tale allure of Angela Carter. A space obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard. A musician finds her friendship with a flock of birds opens up unexpected possibilities. A rat catcher, summoned to a decaying royal palace, is plunged into a