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by John Singleton (Author) "We call it The House ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin Books (6 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141380047
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141380049
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 750,102 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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  • Other Editions: Paperback (New Ed) |  All Editions


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"It was Star saved me from Big Mother. Saved the other kids too. Saved us all. I never said thanks to him. Thanks for getting us out. Never got time in the end."

Jez is living in care under the tyrannical control of Big Mother and with nothing to look forward to but bullying from the other boys. All he wants to do is move forward, to get out of the system, but when you have been marked as trouble people are reluctant to be your friend.

But Jez does make friends. At first with a kindred spirit in the care home and then with a girl at school. But his most important friend, the one who offers the advice that sometimes you have to do bad things to make good things happen, comes from the most unlikely of places…the stars.

In his astounding debut novel for Puffin, John Singleton seamlessly mixes the realms of dramatic realism and fantasy to create a book that while serious in its portrayal of living in care is ultimately one of hope and optimism.

Synopsis
Jez Walker lives in care - in Lazarus House, an institution run with ferocious rigour by the terrifying Big Mother and by the bullies - Hodge, Maggot and Spaz - when her back is turned. Jez has no family, a history of crime, a bleak past and what looks like an even bleaker future.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Star, 9 Nov 2003
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This is a very good book about bullying. It is extremely thought-provoking and is puffin's book of the month which really makes sense. I do not want to write anything else because I will ruin it, I suggest that you read it yourself. You will find out what is so good about it if you do.