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The Gun

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The discovery of an abandoned gun tears the lives of a group of teens apart in this gritty contemporary drama.

When Jonas finds a gun left from a shooting, he takes it home. Eager to show his mates Kamal and Binny, they see an opportunity to boost their street credibility. However, as Kamal begins using the gun in robberies, Jonas realises it is only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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The discovery of an abandoned gun tears the lives of a group of teens apart in this gritty contemporary drama.


When Jonas finds a gun left from a shooting he takes it home. He can't wait to show his mates Kamal and Binny, who reckon they can use the gun to bolster their own street cred. But when Kamal starts to use the gun in robberies, Jonas realises it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.

Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 8.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781124673

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 January 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Edition: New Second edition

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 72

About the Author

Bali Rai was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer. He writes the books he would have enjoyed as a teenager and his book Rani and Sukh is a set-text for GCSE English. His novel, Killing Honour, won the North East Teenage Book Award, and was described as "utterly compelling" by The Bookseller.

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