The Broken Bridge is an insightful and heartfelt story of a teenager's search for her own identity in the face of heartbreaking family secrets by Philip Pullman, author of the award-winning Northern Lights.

Sixteen-year-old Ginny's life is secure. Her mother is dead, but she's inherited her outstanding artistic talent, and she loves her life with her father in a seaside village in Wales. But the day a social worker arrives and old files are re-opened, Ginny's world cracks apart. Everything her father has told her about her family is a lie. And Ginny must uncover the hidden secrets of the past on a journey that will ultimately lead her to the mother she's never known . . .

Philip Pullman is one of the most famous children's writers in the world today. He is the acclaimed author of novels, short stories and plays for readers of all ages. He has received many accolades and awards for his books for children. The first volume of the His Dark Materials trilogy, Northern Lights, won the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the British Book Award. The final part of the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, won both the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the main Whitbread Book of the Year awards. The Firework Maker's Daughter won the Smarties Gold Award and Clockwork was shortlisted for both the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, and the Carnegie Medal. He lives in Oxford.