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'