The Summer We Turned Green

by William Sutcliffe

  ‘What’s that got to do with liking Stevenage?’

  ‘See? Ignorant.’

  I looked across at Mum for support, hoping she’d take my side, but it looked like she hadn’t even heard. Her expression reminded me of the thing you see in cartoons when people’s eyeballs turn into dollar signs.

  ‘So we’re moving?’ I asked.

  ‘Yes!’ said Mum. ‘As soon as we can! To a place I’ve been dreaming of all my life. There are beautiful Victorian houses, and it’s in London but it’s near an enormous park, and even though it’s expensive, it’s filled with artists and musicians and publishers and creative people. It’s called …’ her voice dipped to a reverential whisper ‘… Hampstead.’

  William Sutcliffe is the author of thirteen novels, including the international bestseller Are You Experienced? and The Wall, which was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He has written for adults, young adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. His 2008 novel Whatever Makes You Happy is now a Netflix Original film starring Patricia Arquette and Angela Bassett. It was released under the title Otherhood. His first funny novel for teenagers, The Gifted, the Talented and Me, was described by The Times as ‘dangerously funny’ and by the Guardian as ‘refreshingly hilarious’. It was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2020 and was the Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Year 2019. He lives in Edinburgh.

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  First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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