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The boy who steals houses by CJ Drews



Can two broken boys find their perfect home?

Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he's ever known. Now Sam's trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he's caught out when a family returns home. To his amazement this large, chaotic family takes him under their wing - each teenager assuming Sam is a friend of another sibling. Sam finds himself inextricably caught up in their life, and falling for the beautiful Moxie.

But Sam has a secret, and his past is about to catch up with him.


This lovely book made my heart ache for the main character and the situations he finds himself in. Sam is 15 and homeless. he makes do by breaking into empty properties and living in them whilst the owners are away which works fine until one day when he breaks into a home where the family aren't ass away as he thinks.

He finds himself caught up in the family and their life and slowly starts to become one of them until it all goes wrong. I loved what it had to say about family and what is means and I loved the relationships that develop over the course of the book.

For me what was particularly poignant about this story was the relationship Sam and his brother Avery have and how Sam has to act as the older sibling to support Avery and his needs.

In short I loved it. A brilliant YA read.

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