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About This Boy: Growing up, making mistakes and becoming me

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About This Boy: Growing up, making mistakes and becoming me by Derek Owusu and Leon Rolle is a coming-of-age story that delves into the challenges and triumphs of growing up in an urban environment. It offers insights into the experiences, mistakes, and the gradual journey towards self-discovery and personal growth. Through engaging storytelling, it highlights the essence of learning from life's ups and downs, making it an inspiring read for young audiences.
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About This Boy: Growing up, making mistakes and becoming me

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Leon "Locksmith" Rolle is one-quarter of the phenomenally successful band Rudimental. In this book, About This Boy: Growing up, making mistakes and becoming me, he shares his aspirational story. With chapters on mindset, self-belief, and confidence, Leon encourages you to find balance and happiness, no matter what life throws at you.

Leon grew up in Hackney, where he played semi-professional football and went on to form Rudimental with three childhood friends. He says: "Things weren’t always easy for me growing up, and I made a lot of mistakes. But I don’t regret any of it, because everything that’s happened has made me Locksmith, and that makes me proud. I want you to be proud of yourself too. You have the power to be great, and successes, mistakes, and failures are all just a part of life. It's the journey that counts, because that's what makes you who you are."

Let Leon's story inspire you to embrace life and fulfil your incredible potential.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529500622

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 February 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Leon Rolle aka Locksmith, originally from Hackney in East London, is an established musician and DJ, recognized as a member of MOBO and Brit award winning UK four-piece Rudimental. He has a huge passion for sport, health and fitness. Even when he signed to Black Butter Records with Rudimental in 2011, he still managed to find time to play semi-pro football. He lives in London.

Derek Owusu is a writer, poet and podcaster from north London. He discovered his passion for literature at the age of twenty-three while studying exercise science at university. Unable to afford a change of degree, Derek began reading voraciously and sneaking into English Literature lectures at the University of Manchester. Derek edited and contributed to Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space. That Reminds Me, his first solo work, won the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020. He lives in London.

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