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Fourteen-year-old Calum Brooks has big dreams. One day he ll escape this boring life and write movies – proper ones, with massive budgets and A-list stars. For now, though, he s stuck coping alone while his dad works away, writing scripts in his head and trying to stay in with his gang of mates at school, who don t like new kids, especially foreign ones.But when his father invites his new Polish girlfriend and her son, Sergei, to move in, Calum s life is turned upside down. He s actually sharing a room with the enemy ! How s he going to explain that to his mates? Yet when Calum is knocked down in a hit-and-run and breaks both legs, everything changes. Trapped at home, Calum and Sergei slowly start to understand each other, and even work together to investigate a series of break-ins at the local community centre. But Calum can t help feeling that Sergei s hiding something. Is he really trying to help, or to cover up his own involvement in the crime?928 Miles from Home is a powerful new story from the multi-award-winning author of Smart and A Seven-Letter Word, Kim Slater.