Product Description

'Roxy was shaking with fear. She drew in a deep breath. She would not let her fear take over. She couldn't. She had too much to lose. She had to be strong, to be brave. For once in her life she had to think of someone other than herself.' Roxy is wild, uncontrollable. She hates her parents - and her goody-two-shoes sister. Her only solace is her equally wild friends, Pat, Tracey and Jacqueline. Then there is the night of the party, where she lets that boy kiss her, and more and Roxy is pregnant. Wilfully, she won't tell her mother, her family. She decides to run away to London. And in London Roxy is found by Mr and Mrs Dyce. They are understanding, sympathetic, and promise her a way out of her troubles. They will take her to a comfortable place, along with other girls in the same position and look after her and her baby - which is exactly what happens. Roxy cannot believe her luck. But Roxy eventually works out the dark truth of the outwardly genial Dyces. They are 'farming' the babies in a truly horrible way, and selling the baby organs. There is only one dramatic way out for Roxy - and it's dangerous. But she is dealing with dangerous people and she has to take it. And now she has her baby to look after. A gripping and completely compelling story of a girl forced to grow up and think of others other than herself in the most nightmare of circumstances. These circumstances would seem too horrible to be true - were they not based on fact. A network doing exactly this was discovered to be operating in Italy in 2003, causing outcry, and has formed the basis for this story.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246916 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
Catherine MacPhail won the Kathleen Fidler Award with her first novel, Run Zan Run, which Bloomsbury has re-issued, and the Scottish Arts Council Award with her second novel Fighting Back, also re-issued by Bloomsbury. Her other books for Bloomsbury include Dark Waters, Another Me and Missing. Catherine MacPhail's work is enormously popular with young teenagers, her trademarks being a mix of humour, with pacy and topical story-lines.

Customer Reviews

The Best Book Ever!!!
This book was even better then Catherine Macphail's other books - it was realistically written, and was thrilling and gripping, too. When fourteen year old Roxy discovers she is pregnant, she can't bring herself to tell her mum, stepdad and sister so she runs away to London. While there, she becomes involved with Mr. and Mrs. Dyce, a loving friendly couple who own a big house in the country and want to help girls like Roxy. It sounds too good to be true...and it is, because Mr. and Mrs. Dyce are evil inside...pure evil. A GREAT READ!

Woah! Not what I expected!!
I'm 14 (Sarah's daughter) and this book has gone through so many of my classmates hands is looks like it's been through the washing machine!
I bought it almost 3 years ago and didn't have time to read it. Three years later I found it and after that couldn't put it down. Every time I started a new chapter I promised myself this would be the last one bt each chapter left me wanting more. Once I'd read it all of my friends read it and they all managed to read it in one day (like myself!) The pure evil Mr and Mrs Dyce are so contrasting to some of the other real nice characters!

Buy this book and I promise you.. you won't be able to put it down!!

Roxy`s Baby -review
I couldnt put this book down -which is auviously a good sign. I wont ruin the story for you, but will reccomend this book to any young adult. I could really relate to how roxy must have felt -even thoguh i have never been in such a situation. While reading you really feel the suspense, pressures and determination roxy faces.