Nell Dart has been kicked out of school and onto a bus, taking her to the middle of actual nowhere (Wales). Leaving behind her first love, Soph, she embarks on an adventure in search of a stolen horse and a night alone with Fran in the forest. Surrounded by a group of other ‘dropouts’ they all find themselves trying to find themselves in the hills of rural Wales. This is an adventure story, a love story and a story of trying to look beyond first impressions.

Emma Bettridge is a theatre producer and writer. She has worked for several major theatres and festivals including Bristol Old Vic, Pulse festival at the New Wolsey Theatre, Caravan2014 (Farnham Maltings/Brighton Festival) and the Pleasance London and Edinburgh Theatres. Emma has always worked with children and animals, through training young horses and dogs, to PGL residential camps and as a riding school teacher for many years.

Her first picture book Goodbye Hobbs was published in October 2022, with her second picture book Red is Home out this coming October. She is also working on a YA queer love story about two girls working on a ranch in rural Wales.

Josephine Birch is a print maker with a first class B.A. in Illustration and a postgraduate scholarship from The Royal Drawing School, after which she achieved a first class M.A. in Children’s Book Illustration at CSA. She is also a workshop leader and lecturer in Illustration.

'This is a very readable and engaging story that will encourage KS3 readers.' Ferelith Hordon,Books for Keeps