Christmas Challenge Dec 8th - I'll Be Home For Christmas

This wonderful anthology features top names in YA and is an enjoyable, if sometimes uncomfortable, read. The book will help raise money for Crisis at Christmas and the stories are all on the theme of 'home' . The very word conjures up feelings of cosines and comfort but not everyone's home is like this of course and the stories give very different viewpoints. I feel very grateful to have been able to read this snuggled up under a blanket whilst cooking a family roast dinner and it hurts my heart to think that there are young people living in circumstances similar to those described by the fantastic authors featured. Choosing a favourite tale is just impossible but look out for Juno Dawson's Homo for Christmas and Holly Bourne's The After School Club that has a heartbreaking sting in the tale. Every story is a gem and this book deserves a place on every reader's wish list.