When Lena's brother, Kay-Kay, goes missing whilst on an overnight train home from camp, the police say they are doing all they can; however, Lena doesn't believe them. As she watches her world fall apart, she decides that she is going to find her brother herself. She starts by speaking to his friends, and as she struggles to discover the truth, she realises that she needs to take a journey to discover more. But can she find the strength to she needs to finally find the answers she desperately seeks.
I can't imagine how horrific it would be for a member of your family to go missing, and to believe the police aren't doing much must be desperately frustrating; I can understand how frustrated Lena felt. She has to watch her parents trying to cope with this whilst feeling useless, and this is clearly why she decides to take things into her own hands. She is a feisty character in her own way and there is huge amounts of determination and resilience in her. Along the way, we get to know Kay-Kay through her memories of him and it soon becomes apparent that he is a very special brother who loves Lena hugely. But he had been keeping things secret from her, one of those things being his love of poetry. It was lovely to read his poems that were scattered throughout the book - by the time I reached the end of the book, I felt like I knew Kay-Kay just as much as I knew Lena.
Bringing Back Kay-Kay is a wonderfully written book about something nobody every wants to have to go through. It is sensitively written and explores family relationships and mental health issues. Full of hope and fight, Bringing Back Kay-Kay is a wonderful read.
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