Keep It Real
Looking for a clear case of the warm 'n' fuzzies? Then move along; there's nothing but grim reality in these pages...
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The Toll Bridge - Aidan Chambers |
Crossing The Line - Gillian Philip |
Junk - Melvin Burgess |
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Jan takes a summer job as a toll keeper to escape the pressures of home. There he forms powerful relationships with Adam and Tess that will impact on them all in ways they never expected.
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Nick’s best friend killed his little sister's boyfriend about a year ago, who was the brother of Orla, who Nick fancies like mad. A Gripping, multi-layered and involving story. |
Tar and Gemma run away from home and soon find themselves embroiled in the dark world of heroin. This is a modern classic at once moving and deeply unsettling. Every teenager should read it. |
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Lucas - Kevin Brooks |
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides |
Warehouse - Keith Gray |
| Caitlin lives on an island with her father and brother. They're each trying to make sense of the death of Caitlin's mother - a tragedy which has impacted upon the whole community. It's hard, but everything changes dramatically the night Caitlin sees Lucas - a strange but oddly beautiful boy. |
A tale of one hazy '70s summer in Michigan, when the bewitching Lisbon sisters killed themselves one by one, as hauntingly recalled by the men who fell under the girls' spell in their younger days.
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Three overlapping stories, three teenagers' lives intertwined. A gritty, realistic and gripping read. |
