When her grandmother passes away, Allison McCarthy—a reserved, self-reliant sixteen-year-old—flees the UK in a desperate attempt to escape the terrifying grips of the foster-care system.Arriving in Kleinmond, South Africa, she begins a new life as a foreign exchange student. But Allison is hiding her true reason for being there: she’s searching for her biological father.While staying with Marie Botha, Allison discovers that Marie’s seventeen-year-old son, Phillip, brings out feelings in her that she’s never known before. When Allison is diagnosed with a critical illness, the search for her father becomes crucial. Time draws tighter with each passing day, and the only key to her survival is a locket that belonged to her deceased mother.Can Allison find her father in time?
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The Locket
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In South Africa, a troubled teen seeks her biological father while navigating love and a life-threatening illness, using her mother’s locket as a key to her future.
