Growing up is hard enough without a deadline

Alex''s parents know something he doesn''t.
They know what''s happening inside his head.
Alex is more interested in what''s happening outside it.
He has homework to do and a marriage to save*.

The clock is ticking. But there''s still time to win the heart of Chloe Gower

Laugh-out-loud funny and cry-out-loud sad, Ostrich is a book about what happens when you have to lift your head from the sand.

* His parents''