Knightley & Son by Rohan GavinBloomsbury, 2014Mystery313 pages (ARC)Recommended for grades 5-813-year-old Darkus spends his Saturdays visiting a hospital to sit by his father's bedside. For the past four years Darkus has made the visit, talking things over with his father, even though the conver...
He took several minutes to get his bearings, imagining himself to be his father, and seeing the world the way he would have done. Darkus noted a modest fruit stall, a zebra crossing, several mums pushing prams, a row of shops and a nearby supermarket. To his right was the entrance to Hampstead He...
It turned out that Irwin Bradley also had an ex-wife, Angie, who he had to make excuses to; and, from what Darkus could tell, Angie still loved Irwin, as Darkus suspected his own mother still loved his father. It brought into sharp focus how dearly Darkus wanted his parents to get back together, ...