Budo has been alive for five years, which is a very long time for an imaginary friend, but he knows that one day he will die, when 8-year-old Max stops believing in him. Until then, though, Budo will do all he can to keep Max safe. When Max falls into real peril, Budo is faced with a horrifying dilemma: what if helping Max to escape means giving him the strength to live without Budo? Will appeal to those who enjoyed Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time or Emma Donoghue’s Room.