James Butler

Dangerous Games (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Kevin's older brother Adam has turned into a bad guy since their da died he and his mates burn out a car they've stolen, trash the local community centre, and to cap it all, Kevin finds a gun under the floorboards. And then there's Uncle Davy, just out of prison and already back to his old habits. When Kevin meets another kid who's lost his dad, a new friendship forms but both boys soon find themselves caught up in a seriously dangerous game.

This tightly plotted and absorbing novel follows the story of Kevin a likeable teenager but unlikely hero who gets caught in a web of crime and deception. Set in working-class Ireland with true-to-life characters and relationships, this pacy and action-focused book will get any teenage boy reading.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little Island Books
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781912417407
• Artikelnr.: 58869325

Autorenporträt

Dangerous Games is James Butler's first book. He holds an MPhil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. For many years he taught in a school in Tallaght, setting up a theatre group who went on to write plays performed in the Civic Theatre. In 2005 his first play for children, Stuck in the Mud, was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award. In 2011 his play for teenagers The Teen Commandments was included in the Trinity College London Anthology of Award Winning Plays. In 2016 his radio play The Carpet Clown was produced by RTÉ Drama On One as part of The PJ O'Connor Awards. His latest play, Scattered, explores the transition made by children from primary school to secondary, and was performed in Clonmel in 2018.