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No Child of Mine

by Susan Lewis

The No Child of Mine series by Susan Lewis has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with No Child of Mine (2012).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2012
Status
completed
Shelved under
Literary Fiction
Start here: No Child of Mine (2012) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of No Child of Mine
No Child of Mine (2012)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. No Child of Mine

    Novel
    No Child of Mine (2012) opens the trilogy at 549 pages, the longest of the three standalone cases, following a family torn apart after a child's death is ruled non-accidental.
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  2. Don't Let Me Go

    Novel
    Don't Let Me Go followed a year later in 2013 at 519 pages, an unconnected case about a mother fighting to keep her children after being wrongly implicated in abuse.
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  3. You Said Forever

    Novel
    The shortest of the trilogy at 360 pages, You Said Forever (2017) arrived four years after Don't Let Me Go, following a fostering placement threatened by a birth parent's return.
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Key facts about the No Child of Mine series

Our list has 3 books in the No Child of Mine series. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with No Child of Mine, since it opens the publication order in 2012. Don't Let Me Go is book 2, from 2013. You Said Forever is book 3, from 2017.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2012 and 2017, while their length runs from 360 to 549 pages. That is a run of 5 years.

Susan Lewis has 40 books on our list. Additionally, they write Laurie Forbes and Elliott Russell, Andee Lawrence and Cristy Ward. We shelve the books under family drama.

About the No Child of Mine series

A trilogy following the professionals and families caught up in Britain's child social services and family court system, drawing on the kind of real-world casework Susan Lewis researched directly with social workers. No Child of Mine (2012) follows a family torn apart after a child's death is ruled non-accidental; Don't Let Me Go (2013) follows a mother fighting to keep her children after being wrongly implicated in abuse; You Said Forever (2017) follows a fostering placement threatened by a birth parent's return. Each book is a self-contained case rather than a continuing story, unified by the same unflinching interest in how the care system fails and occasionally saves the families caught inside it.

Frequently asked questions

How many No Child of Mine books are there?

Three: No Child of Mine (2012), Don't Let Me Go (2013), and You Said Forever (2017).

Do the No Child of Mine books follow the same characters?

No -- each is a self-contained story about a different family caught up in the UK child social services and family court system.

Is No Child of Mine based on real cases?

Susan Lewis has spoken about researching the series directly with social workers and family court professionals, though the specific families and cases in the books are fictional.

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