Escape From Ward Eight : A thrilling adventure that puts a best friendship to the ultimate test

Small but fearless Darren arrives at posh St Peter’s school on a scholarship. He’s not like the other 12 year olds here. Neither is James, who’s hiding a dark secret and whose anxiety has gotten worse since his dad died.

When Darren invites James back to his shed one day, they discover a shared passion for comic book drawing and a world they can both escape to.

But one day Darren disappears suddenly and that friendship and James’s bravery is put to the ultimate test. Can James defy Mum and everything he knows to race across Britain against the clock in search of Darren?


A heartwarming, thrilling and uplifting novel that will make readers laugh and cry.