Odd Child Out: A Novel

Name: Odd Child Out: A Novel
Rating: 4.599999904632568 (5 reviews)

Gilly Macmillan

Oct 2017 · Sold by HarperCollins

5 reviews

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How well do you know the people you love…?

Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened.

Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case, Detective Jim Clemo is now assigned to look into this unfortunate accident. But tragedy strikes and what looked like the simple case of a prank gone wrong soon ignites into a public battle. Noah is British. Abdi is a Somali refugee. And social tensions have been rising rapidly in Bristol. Against this background of fear and fury two families fight for their sons and for the truth. Neither of them know how far they will have to go, what demons they will have to face, what pain they will have to suffer.

Because the truth hurts.

How well do you know the people you love…? Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened. Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case, Dete...

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5 reviews

Jane Katsune

November 4, 2018

Wonderful writer! Touching story of good teenage friends. Story covers only a very brief time in their friendship, but one crucial to both boys. As the reader you attempt to figure out what is really occurring but the author keeps you reading when you just cannot guess what underlies everything.

1 person found this review helpful

Christa Bradley

June 30, 2024

Phenomenal, nuanced , tense and impossible to put down.

A Google user

January 23, 2019

Sad, but so good

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About the author

Gilly Macmillan is the internationally bestselling author of ten novels including The Burning Library, The Perfect Girl, The Nanny, and The Long Weekend. She lives in Bristol, England.

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