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+.
This book was written to provide children in family violence homes with a sense of hope and to lessen the traumatic effects of their living situations. It aims to help children voice their concerns and their fears, and to express these with an adult or adults they trust such as a family member, teacher, carer or the police. Too often children in these environments blame themselves for the violeā¦
Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasn't spoken a single word. It's time to find out why