American BoyTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD WINNING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK An atmospheric and deeply absorbing literary historical crime classic featured in The Times 'Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade'.

'Diary of a Brilliant Kid' is the 'tweenager's' atlas for navigating life

19-year-old Ayan Juma and her 16-year-old sister Leila left their family home in Oslo

and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment

a squeeze of lemon and fresh oregano

There are three courses

never knowing which version of herself might surface tomorrow

The youngest of five siblings

How to escape

Wendy grapples with questions most of us have never had to consider

and a loving celebration of the two small girls - and their mother - who defy the odds

Their paths will cross as the darkness gathers

demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation