Behind Closed Doors

Fifteen year olds Tasha and Josie are near-neighbours. But when their families let them down, they find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for survival. Josie s mum is saving the planet by collecting most of it, but her house is no longer safe for her own daughter. Tasha has all the clothes and kit a girl could want, but feels increasingly unnerved by her mother s new boyfriend. Both girls turn to each other for help when they find themselves on the brink of being made homeless. Behind Closed Doors examines what it means to love and be loved and how to make a life when there is no security at home.

Miriam Halahmy writes novels, short stories and poetry. Hidden (2011) was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and was Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week. A stage adaptation tours the UK in 2018. Books include Illegal, Stuffed and The Emergency Zoo. Behind Closed Doors was published in US in hardback by Holiday House in 2017. Miriam is a member of the Society of Authors, Society of Book Writers and Illustrators, Scattered Authors Society and English PEN.