Jigsaw

Annie (Agnetha) endures her isolation at her English school, missing Norway and taunted for being different by people such as Grant Penney. But when he commits suicide, Annie finds herself drawn into discovering why it happened and what, finally, linked the two of them. This alone would be exciting but there is also a detailed sense of school and even a First World War injustice as just one of the other themes. The book could seem overladen but the character of Annie carries it all very successfully. She suffers her difference but also revels in it and it is sad and extravagant if she is all used up in this one book.