I enjoyed this a lot. Much more than some of his more recent books. In a way the most interesting character is Natrass. The book is pretty comfortable and comforting despite dealing with some uncomfortable situations mainly because you see through the eyes of Liam - but I could imagine stepping right out of that comfort zone by putting Natrass at the centre of the book. ( )

"Den varmaste sommaren någonsin.
En övergiven baby.
En tonåring på flykt.

Först hittar Liam kniven. Sen följer han och Max efter den flaxande kajan och hittar något mycket värdefullare. Det blir början på en sommar Liam aldrig kommer att glömma. En sommar då vänskap sätts på prov och då gränsen mellan ont och gott tänjs."

This was an extremely quick read. Liam finds a baby in a field, that is taken into a foster family. Liam and his family make friends with the foster family and eventually his mother adopts the baby, leading Crystal and Oliver two of the other foster children to become even closer to Liam.

This book addresses several major themes including growing up, maintaining friendships, what makes art art, and children as soldiers. While the book is a short read there is no lack of things to discuss here.

***Spoilers***
The idea of child abandonment and what would lead someone to leave their child in a field.

Liam wants to spend this last summer as a child while his friend Max is ready to move on and grow up or even Liam's decision to separate himself from his old friend Natrass, who is becoming more violent and frightening on a regular basis.

Natrass submits "art" to galleries. The pieces are video pieces that mimic the violent torture of human beings only to reveal that it wasn't actually a person. Is this really art, or is it just sensationalist.

There is also Oliver's life before his foster family, as a child soldier. At first he lies and says only that his family was murdered by soldiers, later on he finally admits to being trained as a soldier by the perpetrator and committing similar murders himself.

***Spoilers End***
This is all very heavy food for thought and even though this book is a quick read, I reccommend not reading it unless you have a lot of time because it really does make you think about all of these different issues. Also even though it is a heavy read it is well written with such a light touch that the reader does not get bogged down in the heavy feeling that this kind of book can sometimes lead to for me.

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This was an extremely quick read. Liam finds a baby in a field, that is taken into a foster family. Liam and his family make friends with the foster family and eventually his mother adopts the baby, leading Crystal and Oliver two of the other foster children to become even closer to Liam.

This book addresses several major themes including growing up, maintaining friendships, what makes art art, and children as soldiers. While the book is a short read there is no lack of things to discuss here.

***Spoilers***
The idea of child abandonment and what would lead someone to leave their child in a field.

Liam wants to spend this last summer as a child while his friend Max is ready to move on and grow up or even Liam's decision to separate himself from his old friend Natrass, who is becoming more violent and frightening on a regular basis.

Natrass submits "art" to galleries. The pieces are video pieces that mimic the violent torture of human beings only to reveal that it wasn't actually a person. Is this really art, or is it just sensationalist.

There is also Oliver's life before his foster family, as a child soldier. At first he lies and says only that his family was murdered by soldiers, later on he finally admits to being trained as a soldier by the perpetrator and committing similar murders himself.

***Spoilers End***
This is all very heavy food for thought and even though this book is a quick read, I reccommend not reading it unless you have a lot of time because it really does make you think about all of these different issues. Also even though it is a heavy read it is well written with such a light touch that the reader does not get bogged down in the heavy feeling that this kind of book can sometimes lead to for me.

( )

This was an extremely quick read. Liam finds a baby in a field, that is taken into a foster family. Liam and his family make friends with the foster family and eventually his mother adopts the baby, leading Crystal and Oliver two of the other foster children to become even closer to Liam.

This book addresses several major themes including growing up, maintaining friendships, what makes art art, and children as soldiers. While the book is a short read there is no lack of things to discuss here.

***Spoilers***
The idea of child abandonment and what would lead someone to leave their child in a field.

Liam wants to spend this last summer as a child while his friend Max is ready to move on and grow up or even Liam's decision to separate himself from his old friend Natrass, who is becoming more violent and frightening on a regular basis.

Natrass submits "art" to galleries. The pieces are video pieces that mimic the violent torture of human beings only to reveal that it wasn't actually a person. Is this really art, or is it just sensationalist.

There is also Oliver's life before his foster family, as a child soldier. At first he lies and says only that his family was murdered by soldiers, later on he finally admits to being trained as a soldier by the perpetrator and committing similar murders himself.

***Spoilers End***
This is all very heavy food for thought and even though this book is a quick read, I reccommend not reading it unless you have a lot of time because it really does make you think about all of these different issues. Also even though it is a heavy read it is well written with such a light touch that the reader does not get bogged down in the heavy feeling that this kind of book can sometimes lead to for me.

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