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As school begins, she encounters kind, story-reading teacher Miss Nightingale and a bedtime tale that contrasts sharply with her own harsh reality. Through vivid inner promises of a future, picture-perfect family, the story builds tension around identity, neglect, and the longing for safety.","Sarah Hornsley started her career in publishing in 2012 at Orion Books, followed by a short stint in script development before becoming a literary agent. She was selected for the Bookseller Rising Star list in 2019. She lives in Essex with her husband and their two daughters, and writes alongside working as an agent at Peters, Fraser + Dunlop Literary Agency. Her debut novel, Bad Blood, was published in 2025 and is set in Essex. One Dark Summer is her highly anticipated second book.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAlso by Sarah Hornsley Bad Blood  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOne Dark Summer  \nSarah Hornsley  \n[www.hodder.co.uk](www.hodder.co.uk)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 2026 by Hodder & Stoughton Limited  \nAn Hachette UK company  \nCopyright © Sarah Hornsley 2026  \nThe right of Sarah Hornsley to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright,  \nDesigns and Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nAll characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library  \nebook ISBN 978 1 399 72593 4  \nHodder & Stoughton Limited  \nCarmelite House  \n50 Victoria Embankment  \nLondon EC4Y 0DZ  \n[www.hodder.co.uk](www.hodder.co.uk)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Luke, Hazel and Florrie x  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nPrologue  \nChapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nChapter Six  \nChapter Seven  \nChapter Eight  \nChapter Nine  \nChapter Ten  \nChapter Eleven  \nChapter Twelve  \nChapter Thirteen  \nChapter Fourteen  \nChapter Fifteen  \nChapter Sixteen  \nChapter Seventeen  \nChapter Eighteen  \nChapter Nineteen  \nChapter Twenty  \nChapter Twenty-One  \nChapter Twenty-Two  \nChapter Twenty-Three  \nChapter Twenty-Four  \nChapter Twenty-Five  \nChapter Twenty-Six  \nChapter Twenty-Seven  \nChapter Twenty-Eight  \nChapter Twenty-Nine  \nChapter Thirty  \nChapter Thirty-One  \nChapter Thirty-Two  \nChapter Thirty-Three  \nChapter Thirty-Four  \nChapter Thirty-Five  \nChapter Thirty-Six  \nChapter Thirty-Seven  \nChapter Thirty-Eight  \nChapter Thirty-Nine  \nChapter Forty  \nChapter Forty-One  \nChapter Forty-Two  \nChapter Forty-Three  \nChapter Forty-Four  \nChapter Forty-Five  \nChapter Forty-Six  \nChapter Forty-Seven  \nChapter Forty-Eight  \nChapter Forty-Nine  \nChapter Fifty  \nChapter Fifty-One  \nChapter Fifty-Two  \nChapter Fifty-Three  \nChapter Fifty-Four  \nAcknowledgements  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nI’m only four, or maybe five, my parents don’t seem to know exactly, but there’s one thing I’ve become sure of over the past few weeks: I’m not like other children.  \nI’m used to being hungry but it’s already getting dark outside, and I still haven’t had anything to eat. My stomach rumbles and I squeeze my eyes shut, praying to a God I’m pretty sure my parents don’t believe in, that they didn’t hear anything. I hold my breath and count to ten. When no one comes, I let it out slowly and quietly.  \nMy back is hurting where my spine is curved and twisted. I’m outgrowing this cabinet. They’ll have to find a new space for me soon. I must have hada recent growth spurt as my body feels even more curled over than usual. How much longer will they make me stay in here?  \nI can hear them watching the small box television upstairs. It’s loud, far louder than it needs to be, but Dad likes it that way and what Dad wants, he gets. I can’t wait until I’m a grown-up and I can get everything I want, too. 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