Change the Locks

Description

Steven has spent much of his childhood looking after himself and his younger brother, Dylan. But when he hears a stranger's name, memories from when it was just him and his mum living in the city start to emerge. Steven pieces together what his family has been through, but he still has that niggling feeling that it might all happen again.

Simon French grew up in Sydney's west, and had his first novel published while he was still at high school. He has written many novels and picture books, and been published in Australia and overseas. His work is praised by critics and has won several awards, including the 1987 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for All We Know. Change the Locks was an Honour Book in 1992. Where in the World won the 2003 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Children's Literature, and was short-listed for the 2003 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, long-listed for the 2003 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and nominated to the IBBY Honour List in 2004. His most recent novel, Other Brother, was short-listed for the 2013 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers award. Simon is a primary school teacher in the Hawkesbury region of New South Wales.

Change the Locks is a moving story of survival from the perspective of nearly twelve-year-old boy. Simon French has a light touch with heavy material and 'Change the Locks' is compellingly readable. Recommended for upper-primary, early-secondary readers. * Aussie Reviews *