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Billy's Story

Thrown Away Children, Book 6

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Billy's Story

By: Louise Allen
Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
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From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.

Louise has trouble on her hands from the first moment that 5-year-old Billy Blackthorn comes to stay. He is one of more than 20 children taken into care from a single family, and erupts into the Allen household with a volatility that is frightening and disturbing in equal measure. It is only as Louise begins to uncover the secrets of Billy's dark past that she begins to understand what made his family 'untouchable'.

©2022 Louise Allen (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Children's Studies Social Sciences
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I don’t think there are words strong enough to describe how horrendous this story is. How can human beings be so callus. This foster family are absolute saints.

Horrendous

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very sad and raw . It must take alot of strength to write your books. It really opens our eyes.

Very Sad

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Oh wow… what a book Louise you are amazing! I love your insightfulness on all things fostering. I love your descriptive language, your art eye on the world. I can’t wait for another one of your books. And the narrater was perfect for this book. Congratulations it’s amazing xx Tracey ( New Zealand)

This book is Louise’s best

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I stumbled across Louise a year or so ago but as I was listening to other similar books that had different layouts I skipped hers. I stumbled across her in my library a week ago and the thrown away children series and here I am on book 6. Billy’s story is the so unbelievably sad, and a big eye opener to the cruelty we have out there. If you’re new to Louise Allen do yourself a favour and start from book 1 of thrown away children, you won’t be sorry!

So unbelievably sad

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