The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman

AZ: "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..."

A little thin, if this is his writing for teenagers I prefer the Dark Materials trilogy. I loved the inclusion of the loa Haitian gods and the slightly supernatural element but I found the lead character Ginny annoying at times and her slow walking towards self-awareness a little predictable. Interestingly, unlike Faulks, Pullman was unable here to make me interested in a character I did not like.