Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight: The Untold Story by Jenny Valentine
Jenny Valentine . Unknown Year . English
Two boys. One identity. He can change his life if he says yes…An explosive new mystery from the award-winning author Jenny Valentine, The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight is the story of a boy who assumes the identity of a missing teenager and in-so-doing unearths a series of shattering family secrets – and the truth about who he really is.With all the classic hallmarks of a Jenny novel – a fantastically strong, sensitive and memorable first person narration; themes of loss and betrayal, family secrets and personal identity; truly quality writing that is ''literary'' but never inaccessbile or pretentious, this is the thrilling new novel from the author of Finding Violet Park.
Categories: Mystery
About the Author
Jenny Valentine is an award winning writer for Young Adults. She moved house every two years when she was growing up and she has just moved house again, probably not for the last time. She studied English Literature at Goldsmiths College, which almost put her off reading but not quite. Her first novel Finding Violet Park won the Guardian prize in 2007 and since then she has written six more, including Broken Soup and Fire Colour One, as well as Iggy and Me, a series for younger children, and the middle grade series, A Girl Called Joy. Her work has been published in 19 countries. In 2017 she was the Hay Festival International Fellow, spending the year meeting and learning from teenagers all over the world. She lives all over the place and has two daughters.
