Its contribution is timely now that the government’s new agenda ‘Every Child Matters’ is becoming a reality. Written by experts who have worked for many years with children and young people in an educational context, the book highlights the views of children, young people and their families.  It gives a powerful insight as to how the government’s five outcomes can be realised by children who are hard to see, hard to find, hard to engage, hard to manage, hard to change or retain within systems set up to help and educate them.