<p><i>'It's good that I've found this secret place . . . No one can get to to me up there. It's totally safe.'</i><br><br>In real life, Jake is never safe. He lives in constant fear of his mother's violent boyfriend. But in his imaginary tower he can dream up his own father - the stranger who gave him a cuddle and a fluffy duck the day he was born and went away for ever. Jake doesn't believe dreams ever come true. But sometimes they do - in strange and surprising ways.<br><br>Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, <i>Jake's Tower</i> by Elizabeth Laird is a powerful and moving novel that spotlights the issue of domestic abuse.</p>