'The boy is an absolute menace.'
'He's a troublemaker. A lost cause!'
'Why can't he be more like his sister?'
'I've been getting into trouble for as long as I can remember. Usually, I don't mind - some of my best and brightest ideas have come from sitting in detention. But lately, it seems that no one believes me about anything - even when I'm telling the truth! Everyone thinks I'm just a troublemaker. They don't believe I could be a hero. But I'll prove them all wrong...'
Meet Hector: a troublemaker whose mischievous antics spiral out of control when, after school one day, he decides to pester a homeless man in the local park. But as London's most famous busts and landmarks vanish and homeless communities are blamed as thieves, has Hector chosen to take on their leader? And if so, what can he do in a world that won't believe a word he says?
Written during lockdown when - for the first time in history - London's homeless community received housing, the hero's story in the night explores themes of bullying and homelessness, and the potential everyone has to change for the better.