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Jake`s Tower

`It`s good that I`ve found this secret place …No one can get to to me up there. It`s totally safe.` In real life, Jake is never safe. He lives in constant fear of his mother`s violent boyfriend. But in his imaginary tower he can dream up his own father – the stranger who gave him a cuddle and a fluffy duck the day he was born and went away for ever. Jake doesn`t believe dreams ever come true. But sometimes they do – in strange and surprising ways. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Jake`s Tower by Elizabeth Laird is a powerful and moving novel that spotlights the issue of domestic abuse.