Like number thirteen: she loved dancing on the kitchen table. And number eight: she was covered in freckles.
And then there's number two: she died after being hit by a car when July was small.
She keeps this list hidden in a drawer away from her father. Because they're not allowed to talk about her mother. Ever.
But an anonymous note slipped into July's bag on her tenth birthday is about to change everything she thinks she knows about her mum.Determined to discover what really happened to her, July begins to investigate, cycling around the neighbourhood where her family used to live. There she meets someone who might finally have the answers.
July wants her family to stop lying to her, but will the truth be harder to face?***
July Hooper was always hot because she was born in a heatwave.- 1, 20 JULY 1995
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(@HarvillSecker, 9 February 2023, e-book, 336 pages, copy from the publisher via @NetGalley)
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I loved What July Knew. I've read other books by the author so knew I was in for a good time. The blurb made me really want to read the book as I had to loads of questions I couldn't wait to be answered. I read the book quickly because I couldn't stop turning the pages. I loved the premise of the book; July starts to find out about her mother for a school project and opens up a can of worms. What is the truth? What will it cost? This is the kind of book that absorbs you and won't let go.
