About the Book: Red Leaves
A topical and moving novel about family, love, community, the tangled roots of
history and searching for a place to call home. By the Waterstones Prize-winning
author of Artichoke Hearts.
Aisha is a thirteen-year-old refugee living in London. Happy for the first time
since leaving her war-torn home, she is devastated when her foster mother
announces that a new family has been found for her and she will be moving on.
Feeling rejected and abandoned, Aisha packs her bags and runs away, seeking
shelter in the nearby woods.
Meanwhile, a few doors down, twelve-year-old Zak is trying to cope with his
parents