Jo has just moved to America with her mum. She's always been a fairly average girl - not a nerd but certainly never one of the popular kids. But on her first day in her new school, she seems to be adopted by the It girls - and is invited to one of their parties. There, she meets Jake Matthews, officially the hottest boy in school.

For three years and eight months, Felix has lived in a convent orphanage high in the mountains in Poland. He is convinced that his parents are still alive. But, when a group of Nazi soldiers burn the nuns' books, he is terrified that his Jewish parents will also be in danger, and he escapes to embark on a long and dangerous journey.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This book is a story of: a girl; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist fighter; and quite a lot of thievery.

Three children save the Universe against impossible odds in this thrilling fiction debut from an exciting new author.