"One girl’s determination to leave her past behind and start afresh"
In Destination Anywhere, Sara Barnard explores love, life and friendship in this exquisite tale of the lengths one girl will go to to change her story. Peyton is pushed to the limit. She’s been bullied mercilessly at school. At sixth form college all she wants it to have friends like everyone else. But it seems that for her having friends comes at a cost. When those friends let her down in the worst possible way she decides to leave everything behind. She buys a one-way ticket to Vancouver on her dad’s credit card and sets off with her sketchpad and backpack to find happiness. But is escaping to Canada going to bring her friends – or just loneliness?
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
Sometimes you have to leave your life behind to find your place in the world. After five years at secondary school spent without any friends, Peyton King starts sixth form college determined that things will be different. Whatever happens, she will make friends at any cost. When she finds the friends she's always dreamed of, including an actual boyfriend, she's happier than she's ever been. But when they let her down in the worst way, Peyton is left no better off than when she started. Now Peyton knows the only chance she has of finding happiness is to look for it somewhere else. Her life may feel small, but it doesn't have to be. With nothing but her sketchpad and a backpack, she buys a one-way ticket and gets on a plane. . .
Destination Anywhere features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Destination Anywhere is available in Paperback
Destination Anywhere was written by Sara Barnard and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Destination Anywhere has 309 pages
£7.19
