9781760638689_

SHORT-LISTED: 2018 Prime Ministers Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction

Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was another lovely world out past the stars. And when he spoke the word love, it seemed to spring free and fly into the air like a beautiful balloon you wanted to run after. But I couldnt tell my parents about Frankie, not properly. I told them Id made friends with the boy in the room next to mine, and how hed come from this little town out west. I couldnt tell them how he was becoming the best thing in my world. I couldnt tell anyone, I hardly admitted it to myself.

In the 1950s, entering the seminary was for ever, and young boys were gathered into the priesthood before they were old enough to know what they would lose. Tom went to St Finbars because he was looking for something more than the ordinary happiness of his home and school.

But then he discovered that being able to love another person was the most important thing of all. For Tom, loving Frankie made him part of the world. Even when Frankie was gone...

(*_*)9781760638689_

SHORT-LISTED: 2018 Prime Ministers Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction

Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was another lovely world out past the stars. And when he spoke the word "love", it seemed to spring free and fly into the air like a beautiful balloon you wanted to run after. But I couldnt tell my parents about Frankie, not properly. I told them Id made friends with the boy in the room next to mine, and how hed come from this little town out west. I couldnt tell them how he was becoming the best thing in my world. I couldnt tell anyone, I hardly admitted it to myself.

But then he discovered that being able to love another person was the most important thing of all. For Tom, loving Frankie made him part of the world. Even when Frankie was gone...

...(*_*)9781760638689_

SHORT-LISTED: 2018 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction

'Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was another lovely world out past the stars. And when he spoke the word "love", it seemed to spring free and fly into the air like a beautiful balloon you wanted to run after. But I couldn't tell my parents about Frankie, not properly. I told them I'd made friends with the boy in the room next to mine, and how he'd come from this little town out west. I couldn't tell them how he was becoming the best thing in my world. I couldn't tell anyone, I hardly admitted it to myself.'

In the 1950s, 'entering' the seminary was for ever, and young boys were gathered into the priesthood before they were old enough to know what they would lose. Tom went to St Finbar's because he was looking for something more than the ordinary happiness of his home and school.

But then he discovered that being able to love another person was the most important thing of all. For Tom, loving Frankie made him part of the world. Even when Frankie was gone...

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