Firewallers

Jess returns from a nightmare day at school to find her dad's been suspended from work and gone into hiding. To escape the slobbering newshounds all eager for the full story, Mom drags Jess and her sister off to a remote Scottish island. Modern technology's forbidden, and there's only a bunch of teenage über geeks for company. Without Facebook or even her mobile, Jess feels totally disconnected­ from everybody back home. But why are they there anyway? What are they really running away from?

Simon Packham was a stand-up comedian and then an actor for 20 years (if you didn't blink you might have caught him on The Bill, or standing next to Dame Judi Dench in a mask) before becoming a writer. He has published four previous books, including The Bex Factor and Silenced, which was shortlisted for several awards including the Leeds Book Award.