DescriptionFor readers aged 14 ReviewsWhatBookNext ~ Set in 2011, Christchurch NZ, Beneath Our Feet is a gorgeous love story. Alfie has got another chance at life, and Dani’s life is going to be cut short.Jack Hartley has summoned realistic teenagers onto the page – boy banter, parties, alcohol and larks in the mix, and a staunch nearly-18-year-old woman with loss in her life, and her own mortality staring her in the face.Told in two viewpoints, a moment of kindness brings these teens together to become something tentative, fun, and finally, beautiful. I challenge you not to have tissues nearby as you read their story.The author was fifteen when the Feb 2011 earthquake struck, so personally knows the horror of that time, and the emotions that it triggered among the people of Christchurch. He has captured them within the struggles of two teens facing things far beyond their years.Creating a place where they can just be together is the sunshine in this novel. The truth outside of it is well written and heart wrenching. Time stops – to live and fall in love.
