Four children on an island
Surrounded by roads
Rather than water
Hidden in plain sight
Escaped to a slither
Of wilderness
Beside a busy motorway<\/p>\n
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Four children unwanted
Bullied
Betrayed
Broken<\/p>\n
Four children
Utterly alone
Completely let down
Stealing to survive
Living off the land
Learning together
Leaning on one another <\/p>\n
Four children and a dog
Sharing food and resources
Sharing knowledge and skills
Sharing stories
Equals<\/p>\n
A story of self discovery
Of friendship
Of belonging
Of recovering
Regrowing <\/p>\n
A story of found families <\/p>\n
Four children searching for safety
Seeking a better way of life<\/p>\n
Gil
An orphan
Passed from one foster family
To another
Promised always
That this time it would be different
But it never was<\/p>\n
Riley and Grayson
Beaten brothers
Bullied boys
Abused by their father
Always feeling one
Must be the bad one <\/p>\n
Pez
Wonderful and wild
A way with animals
Abandoned by all
Let down by those
She loved the most
Rejected and left alone
By those who never ever should
Outcast for being
A curious child <\/p>\n
Four children on an island
Full of secrets
Hearts full of courage
Heads full of dreams
Each full of hurt
Memories filled with
Confusion and horror and pain <\/p>\n
Four children and a dog
And a condor
Four friends
A found family
Bonded
Belonging together
Loyal to the last
Loyal when it matters most <\/p>\n
Four children threatened
Four children afraid
Four children run
Together
To start over
Again
Only this time
No longer alone <\/p>\n
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Nowhere Island<\/a> is written by Tania Unsworth <\/p>\n
It is published by Zephyr Books <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n