Vinny
Curious, loyal and unwilling to accept an easy answer when her best friend disappears from school.
A story for the world
What would you do if your best friend went on holiday and didn’t come back?
But It’s Not Fair is crossover human-rights fiction about friendship, disappearance and Vinny’s determination to understand why Abby has not returned.
Abby
A new friend whose family journey places questions of freedom, family pressure and choice at the centre of the story.
Sofia
A friend who helps Vinny make sense of what they notice and why telling a safe adult can take courage.
Why it travels
The novel is British in setting and universal in its themes: loyalty, coercion, identity, silence and the responsibility to act.