Billy Dean is a secret child, growing up in the dark heart of Blinkbonny. His world is just a bed, some pictures of the holy island and a single locked door. When his father disappears, Billy's mum brings him out into the world, and he learns the dreadful truth of what happened in Blinkbonny on the day he was born.
Billy Dean is a secret child, growing up in the dark heart of Blinkbonny. His world is just a bed, some pictures of the holy island and a single locke...
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond - a novel of young love and tragedy from the prizewinning author of Skellig. 'I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne...' Dominic Hall grows up in the sixties on a brand-new estate, along with the other families who escaped the river. But the Tyne is still an overwhelming presence, and most of the fathers work in the shipyards. Dom is torn between his new mates: Holly Stroud, his enchanting neighbour, and Vincent McAlinden, who's something else altogether - a wild, dangerous boy with murderous instincts. After his mother's death, Dom has to decide...
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond - a novel of young love and tragedy from the prizewinning author of Skellig. 'I was born in a hovel on the banks...
