In the middle of the night, Sam is woken by angry voices from the apartment above.

He goes to the window to see what’s happening – only to hear a struggle, and see a body fall

from the sixth-floor balcony. Pushed, Sam thinks.

Sam goes to wake his father, Harry, a crime reporter, but Harry is gone. And when Sam goes downstairs, the body is gone, too. But someone has seen Sam, and knows what he’s witnessed.

The next twenty-four hours could be his last.

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WINNER, Young Australian Best Books Award (YABBA) - Fiction for Years 7-9, 2018

WINNER, KOALA Children's Choice Awards - Fiction for Years 7-9, 2018

NOTABLE BOOK, Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year - Older Readers 2018

'Suspense in spades. You will be utterly gripped by Sam’s story.' James Phelan, author of The Last Thirteen

'An engaging, action-filled coming-of-age story that explores what it means to be a hero.' Braiden Asciak, Bookseller and Publisher Magazine

Also by Tristan Bancks:

Scar Town

Two Wolves

The Fall

Detention

Cop and Robber

Ginger Meggs

Nit Boy

Mac Slater 1: Coolhunter

Mac Slater 2: Imaginator

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