I spent six hours on a train reading this book, and it swept me along so brilliantly I barely felt the time. Now he must become the person he never wanted to be to protect everyone he loves. But when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. Sixteen year old Marlon has made his Mum a promise – he’ll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. I was the kid people look straight through. “Not cool enough, not clever enough, not street enough for anyone to notice me. With a breezy, humorous and engaging writing style that cuts through the clutter and gets straight to the point, you can’t help but keep turning the page to find out what happens next. Set in and around the residential streets of a Hackney estate, Lawrence’s Orangeboy is a contemporary thriller that demands you race along in a screaming downward spiral when main character Marlon is forced to do terrible things to keep his family safe. It is the journey of one young boy’s desperate attempts to outrun the past and a society whose expectations are stacked against him. One of my most highly anticipated books of 2016, the debut YA novel from author Patrice Lawrence Orangeboy is an action packed story that hurtles along the streets of London, and my heart is still pounding after the final page. Thrilling, dangerous, compelling, mysterious and intriguing - delve into the curious question of Orangeboy for a fast and furious contemporary read. Orangeboy By Patrice Lawrence Published 2 June 2016 Review copy from Books With Bite
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