A free YA novel about money, mates, and figuring it out

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    • Chapter 10: The Discovery Cover
      by M. Claire Spring. The kind where Bradford can't decide if it's done with winter or not — one day you're in a T-shirt, the next it's sleeting sideways off the hills and you're pretending you brought a coat because you definitely didn't. Saturday morning. Mum's at the kitchen table with her phone and a mug of tea that's gone cold. I can tell it's gone cold because she hasn't drunk any of it. She's just holding it, like she forgot why she picked it up. 'You all right?' She doesn't look up. 'Hmm? Yeah.…
    • Chapter 1: The Move Cover
      by M. Claire The bin bag splits on the stairs. Like, if it had split at the top I could've just dragged it to the door, but no. It splits on the third step from the bottom, and everything inside it — towels, a pillowcase, Yus's PE kit that smells like something died — spills out across the concrete. I stand there. Staring at it. Like if I look at it hard enough it'll climb back in by itself. 'Maya, come on.' Mum's already two flights up, a box under each arm, voice coming down the stairwell. 'Yeah.…
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