When Dean turns up at school, Jack knows he's different to everyone else. They form a bond and make wild plans about starting a band while they dabble in drink, drugs and teenage rebellion. But Dean's darker side rears its head and throws them down a dangerous path. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
Finbar Black's day is turned upside down when a crazy, beautiful girl bursts into the house with a gun and a bag full of cash. Here we meet the Black family: four generations of schemers, liars, cheats and losers and, via a succession of twists and turns, we find out why she's there.
When you're a kid, you have friends you don't like. Because there's no one else around, because you're the same age, because it's that or being alone. Two lads form a shaky friendship that soon goes wrong when their idle afternoon activities take a darker turn. A gritty teen drama particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+.
For brothers Cole and Ruben it's another rainy morning in the badlands of East London, selling dodgy paperwork for even dodgier motors. But arriving in a grimy pub on their latest errand, the brothers stumble across a trio of gangsters, a beautiful young girl and a monkey in a cage - and their entire day is knocked off course. They soon find themselves fleeing in a hot-wired car, girl and chatt…