Pip Mitchell's an expert at making seriously bad decisions. But when her past, present and future collide at the Sydney Olympic Games, she's going to have to decide whose side she's on - or she'll lose everyone she loves.

No Number Nine is a coming-of-age story about an 18-year-old girl who has put her life on hold for two years after the death of her sister. Pip leaves her home in England and tries to move forward with her life, taking a job in Germany as an au pair to the von Feldsteins, a family which is full of surprises - and not good ones. Set in Munich, the story follows Pip for a year as she crashes from one embarrassing, awkward mistake to the next. Finally, as she starts to emerge from her fog of grief, she travels with the von Feldsteins to Sydney where, amid the drama of the 2000 Olympic Games, everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Can Pip protect herself and the people she loves? Does she have the courage to tell the truth, even if it destroys her?

A novel with a strong female lead character who's flawed but who readers will take to their hearts. A story about grief, family conflicts and first love, with a dramatic background of sport and the Olympics.

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"No Number Nine is a work of fiction, based around the last few awkward teenage years of a young ex hockey player 'Pip' Mitchell.
After the death of her beloved sister and disastrous relationships, hoping for a new life, Pip decides to make a fresh start. She embarks on a journey to Munich where she seamlessly slips into Au Pairing with the very wealthy 'Von Feldstein' family. As Pip discovers the true identities of her new employers, it stirs up a wealth of emotions, painful memories and new challenges.
Together they all set out on the sporting journey of a lifetime to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. This certainly will be a life changing journey, but most definitely not in the way Pip expected.

No Number Nine is a coming of age story about an 18 year old girl, It is well written and would appeal to the younger adult audience. Readers around the same age of the main character Pip could certainly get pulled in by the haphazard way she is navigating a difficult and sometimes painful time in her life. FJ Campbell writes so that you empathise with the characters involved and you begin to root for this unlikely heroine in every aspect of her journey. The writer takes you on this journey of experience with the characters, with all her ups and downs and once you start reading, it's rollercoaster ride of twists and turns and some unexpected events, at times hard and difficult themes are covered but you cannot help but want to keep reading, it's one of those novels that finishing the book is a must. This soul-searching book with its romance, humour, emotion and tension, all with an underlying hockey theme, is a quirky read that its readers may find hard to put down."

Nic Rogers
TheHockeyFamily.com

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