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...profoundly disturbing ... I had to put the book aside and return to it on more than three or four occasions. -- Inside Time January 2010 Gerard McGrath
Well researched book aimed at older teenagers ...illustrates the grim reality of prison life for young people and is no easy ride. -- Bookseller's Choice 16 October 2009 Marilyn Brocklehurst
Unflinching portrayal of life in a young offenders' institution - Lee, inside for burglary, thinks he's hard but other inmates are harder ... --The Children's Bookseller 21 August 2009 Geraldine Brennan
This well-researched book is no easy ride as it illustrates the grim reality of prison life for young people. - Bookseller's choice -- The Bookseller
This is raw and powerful writing. -- Lovereading4kids
"Without reservation, I commend and recommend it." -- Inside Time
"The dilemmas Lee faces in this violent and uncertain environment make for a compelling read." --Books for Keeps
"This bleak and unsentimental book is well worth reading." --Carousel
"It would be good to get copies inside the YOI's because I'm sure the lads will enjoy reading it." -- Gemma Baranowski, Youth Offender Team Worker
The story is gripping and exciting. I hope it finds its way to the audience it deserves.
--Armadillo Magazine, Summer 2010
Shortlisted for the YoungMinds Award 2010
--YoungMinds Book Award
The style is simple and the pace is fast. This would be a really good book for emergent readers in YOIs. --PRISON LIBRARIES JOURNAL November 2010
Well researched book aimed at older teenagers ...illustrates the grim reality of prison life for young people and is no easy ride. -- Bookseller's Choice 16 October 2009 Marilyn Brocklehurst
Unflinching portrayal of life in a young offenders' institution - Lee, inside for burglary, thinks he's hard but other inmates are harder ... --The Children's Bookseller 21 August 2009 Geraldine Brennan
This well-researched book is no easy ride as it illustrates the grim reality of prison life for young people. - Bookseller's choice -- The Bookseller
This is raw and powerful writing. -- Lovereading4kids
"Without reservation, I commend and recommend it." -- Inside Time
"The dilemmas Lee faces in this violent and uncertain environment make for a compelling read." --Books for Keeps
"This bleak and unsentimental book is well worth reading." --Carousel
"It would be good to get copies inside the YOI's because I'm sure the lads will enjoy reading it." -- Gemma Baranowski, Youth Offender Team Worker
The story is gripping and exciting. I hope it finds its way to the audience it deserves.
--Armadillo Magazine, Summer 2010
Shortlisted for the YoungMinds Award 2010
--YoungMinds Book Award
The style is simple and the pace is fast. This would be a really good book for emergent readers in YOIs. --PRISON LIBRARIES JOURNAL November 2010
Book Description
A young offender's experience from an award-winning writer for teenagers.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
powerful, convincing and a thoroughly good read,
By Leslie Wilson (berkshire uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inside (Paperback)
When I was young and a student, I did voluntary work with adolescent offenders, and they were just like the characters in this novel. I remember looking at them and seeing grown lads with the minds and emotional maturity of toddlers. They're lads who've never had a chance, actually; I remember the principal of Newton Aycliffe Approved School saying to us: `If you think where these lads are coming from, you're surprised they've done as well as they have.' This is certainly true of Lee; Jarman gradually, subtly, builds up the picture of his background on a sink estate with a mother who isn't able to cope with her money, with her life, with parenthood. We may not have street children in our society, but there are too many who are literally cast away, from the moment they're born, deprived of the loving hard work and care it takes to properly bring up a child.All the same, Lee isn't cuddly. He's beaten his own mother up, a crime even the other young offenders despise - and his cell-mate, the horrible Sharpey, knows about this and uses the knowledge to control him. The novel's told in Lee's own voice, and Jarman has rendered it brilliantly, a mixture of brutality and vulnerability. It is, in many ways, the voice of a child. But a child who's effectively on his own, who has to make major choices with the odds stacked against him. He's lucky, because there are one or two people who care enough to offer him a helping hand. All through the book, you're trembling for him, knowing that his future hangs in the balance - will he be able to turn himself round, or will he slither downwards?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping and realistic,
By idlewriter "idlewriter" (Northamptonshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inside (Paperback)
This is thoroughly compelling - I read it at one sitting, and was thoroughly involved in Lee's situation and dilemmas. Julia Jarman doesn't make excuses for Lee, but brings him up against the painful consequences of what he's done, in a plausible and unsentimental way. I am sure this novel will be widely read and admired.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inside,
This review is from: Inside (Paperback)
A vivid account of what happens when a young man takes a wrong decision and ends up in a Young Offenders' Institution. Lee gets a massive shock when the cell door clangs shut behind him. It's certainly NOT the holiday camp he'd heard about. If some of the recent rioters had read this book would they have stayed off the streets, I wonder? Teachers looking for a novel for even 'reluctant readers' of 13+ could do well to get their pupils reading 'INSIDE'. It's a gripping read, thought-provoking and with the additional resources provided could be a stimulating addition to several curriculum areas.
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