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Synopsis
Mitch and Ethan are best friends. Together they dream of a better life for themselves, a life safe from the gangs that dominate their streets. But when Ethan's brother is charged with assault, violence soon seeps into the boys' lives - and their friendship. And it only takes one desperate bargain and a shocking betrayal, and suddenly it is Mitch staring down the barrel of a gun . . .
In this tense, gripping and absorbing real life thriller, Alan Gibbons explores the complex issue of gun crime, and the far reaching consequences it can have.
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Review
The characters in this moving and fast-paced story are real and the dilemmas they face believable. There are no easy solutions here, but courage and integrity shine through. (Carousel)
Adventurous, breath-taking and realistic (Isaac, Bolingbroke Academy, Year 8 Books For Keeps)
Fast-paced and straight-talking, Alan Gibbons' writing always does justice to the moral complexities of the problems it sets out to explore (Book Trust)
Fast-moving and tense ... A thriller that provides an insight into street violence while never glamorising it (School Librarian)
Book Description
A fast paced and tense real life thriller about gun crime in an inner city gangland, by prize-winning author, Alan Gibbons.
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- PublisherOrion Children's Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1842557815
- ISBN 13 9781842557815
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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