The Book Of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
In an alternate 1979 England shaped by a different outcome to WWII, 13-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last boys left at the Captain Scott Home for Boys, where they must take medicine to protect them from a mysterious illness. Nearby, 13-year-old Nancy lives under strict, isolated care. When the children’s lives begin to intersect, hidden facts about the boys’ origins emerge and they must find a way to escape and survive.
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