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Synopsis
Gary was flicking beany gunge on my flawless new Ellesse top - I was yelling at him. What a pillock! Mum was dead, well - fatally injured - she died later in hospital. We just didn't know it at the time.
Gary, John and Dad, too, are lost without Mum. Gary is only 14 and goes seriously off the rails, getting involved with local thugs and teetering on the brink of being on the wrong side of the law. John is wrestling with the GCSEs and his first romance - the gorgeous Olivia Bellman. But he's carrying the burden of trying to cope with Gary and Dad at the same time. And they're all living with the memories of someone they can never replace.
Alan Gibbons has an extraordinary knack of knowing just what it's like to be a teenager. He writes here with compassion - and flashes of humour - about surviving against all the odds.
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"Every sentence of The Lost Boys' Appreciation society is perfectly chosen" -- The Bookseller
"Gibbons has a sure eye and ear for the dynamics of family dissension."
-- Books for Keeps
...how sensitively and tactfully [Gibbons] deals with...the death of the parent... It's a gripping read for teen readers. -- Liverpool Echo, February 3, 2004
...shows compassion and empathy, while exploring the complex relationship between devastating loss and the need to move on. -- Booktrusted News (Booktrust), Issue 8
A powerful and compelling novel... by a writer who has an incredible gift for depicting real people in real-life situations. -- Bookseller Buyer's Guide Highlights, January 16, 2004
Alan Gibbons...manages to write high quality stories that speak directly to young people about contemporary issues of real importance. -- School Librarian, Summer 2004
Every sentence of The Lost Boys' Appreciation society is perfectly chosen... Gibbons deserves to be recognised as a national treasure. -- Bookseller, January 16, 2004
Gibbons has a sure eye and ear for the dynamics of family dissension. -- Books for Keeps, May 2004
It's good to have an issue-driven teenage novel written by a man. And so well too. -- Daily Echo Magazine (Bournemouth), March 13, 2004
This story is extremely well told, extremely readable and sensitive without becoming maudlin. -- Primary Times in Hampshire, February 9, 2004
Book Description
What's the definition of 'a family' when their lynch-pin, Mum, is tragically killed leaving Dad and two teenage boys to cope?
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- PublisherOrion Children's Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1842550950
- ISBN 13 9781842550953
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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