Great Godden

SHORTLISTED for the Costa Children''s Book Award 2020.

This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager watches as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding.

Enter the Goddens irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there''s a serpent in this paradise and the consequences will be devastating.

From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale a summer book that''s as heady, timeless and irresistible as Bonjour Tristesse and I Capture the Castle but as sharp and fresh as Normal People.