SOLVED. YA? Thriller? A group of sick kids with mysterious illnesses try to escape the ‘hospital’ they are being kept at. Pale kid's (X-ray) skin can't be touched by light. Read 2014-2016. [s]

[Libby]

I read this book in 2014/16 from my schools library. I believe it was a young adult fiction, could maybe be classed as a thriller, but I don’t remember it being scary like a horror. The specific things I can remember are that it followed a group of kids who all had mystery illnesses and were being kept in a kind of hospital, where they were not treated well and were not allowed to leave and didn’t know their parents. The main character had an illness where his skin could not be touched by light and it was very thin and pale. I think they called him X-ray because of this and he had to wear a suit with a big hat or kind of veil that protected his face. There were other kids that were also ill but I can’t remember what they had specifically. The book follows the kids escaping this ‘hospital’. I also remember, at the end of the book some of the kids ended up sailing off in a boat or something and I think that’s how it ends.

[Becca]

Angel Blood by John Singleton?

[Kris]

Becca's suggestion of Angel Blood by John Singleton sounds like your book.

Amazon's preview (sample): https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Blood-Jo...
There are different cover images.

Quote from the book:
- She's gone now, Mrs Murdoe, and there are just the four of us left: Chicken Angel, Lights Out, Cough Cough and me. I'm X-Ray.

[Libby]

That’s it, thank you!