Hide and Seek brings to vivid life the courage of young people who risked all in the French resistance in the Second World War. As Joanna delves further into the child’s disappearance, revelations and secrets emerge - including Joanna’s own.

She recognises quite a few of the people in some of the photos from 30 years ago but I still couldn’t work out what this all had to do with her sister or why she was so obsessed with Lily.Justin is reeling from his mother's death throughout and must confront his fears about relieving those moments.

When one of the teenage daughters goes missing following a game of hide and seek, her doting, yet secretly envious, best friend tries to piece together what happened. I've loved all her other books (some only slightly more than others) so when I got an advance copy from Netgalley I started reading straight away. We deserve scary stuff with characters that skew away from what we’ve already seen a hundred times before.From hiding up trees, and splashing in muddy puddles, to hiding in the kitchen sink and disappearing behind bookshelves, Fred will do ANYTHING to avoid bedtime. Some you will see in yourself, others are that annoying neighbour a few doors over that never smiles, remember that family down the road that seem to have it all or even that cluster of snotty Mummies at the school gates. The only problem now is I’ll have to wait for Mara’s next release but the good news is she’s signed a deal with Transworld for two more books! The 6 kids wait and wait for the appearance of Zee, and while they wait they decide to play a game of hide and seek.

The illustrations clearly show the meaning of each of those words, so beginning readers would be able to use picture clues to help decode the new vocabulary.Andrea Mara is an amazing storyteller and weaves a thoroughly enjoyable tale where you think you know what’s happening and then BAM!