Synopsis
A powerful, compelling novel from the critically-acclaimed author of the Branford Boase-winning I Am Thunder, about making friends, and breaking them too.
Fifteen-year-old Ilyas is under pressure from everyone: GCSE's are looming and his teachers just won't let up, his dad wants him to join the family business and his mates don't care about any of it. There's no space...
Details
24 January 2019320 pages
9781509874071Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
This book will make you angry. This book will make you laugh. Muhammad writes with humour and empathy about friendship, belonging, toxic masculinity, maths and - best of all - comic geekery. Fabulous!Patrice Lawrence, award-winning author of OrangeBoy
A powerful novel that encapsulates the experiences of teenage boys with wit and heroism . . . Khan has created a book steeped in drama and empathy, as well as providing two iconic superheroesNikesh Shukla, author of Run Riot in the Guardian
[Written] with humour and empathyIndependent
Khan’s empathy and wry humour, accentuated by a deft use of slang, make this authentic and relatableObserver
