

Unlike his siblings, he loved Stevenage and resents being taken away from his friends. The narrator, 15-year-old Sam, is a fish out of water. Little Freya finds a place where she can fully express her artistic skills, currently limited to drawing unicorns, kittens, and rainbows.

Older brother Ethan, a wannabe musician, finds a ready group of admiring girls and more opportunities to show off his talents on the guitar. Motivated by a midlife crisis, his mother moves them into a house she fills with vintage furniture and enrolls all three siblings in the trendy North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented.

When Sam’s family makes a drastic move from humdrum suburban Stevenage to fast-paced, upscale Hampstead, everyone’s lives are disrupted.
