Book description
Everyone says fourteen-year-old BILLIE is nothing but trouble.
A fighter. A danger to her family and friends.
But her care worker sees someone different.
Her classmate
ROB is big, strong; he can take care of himself and his brother.
But his violent stepdad sees someone to humiliate.
And
CHRIS is struggling at school; he just doesn't want to be there.
But his dad sees a useless no-hoper.
Billie, Rob and Chris each have a story to tell. But there are two
sides to every story, and the question is . . . who do you believe?
Melvin Burgess is regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary
children's literature. In 1997, his controversial bestseller
Junk
won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal. It was
also shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year.
Four of his novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Melvin
lives in Manchester with his two children.
