Solace of the Road - Siobhan Dowd (David Fickling, £6.99)
HOLLY Hogan is 14 and in foster care.
She wants to get to Ireland and find her mum.
Donning a bold, blonde wig and a new name, Solace, and sticks out her thumb.
Will she find what she’s looking for?
Wise and compassionate picaresque last novel from a storyteller sadly dead before her time. I loved it.
Age 12+ Frances Perkin
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