Boys Don't Cry

Description

A hard-hitting teenage novel from the acclaimed author of the bestselling Noughts and Crosses sequence. In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood. You're waiting for the postman - he's bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist - a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it's your old girlfriend; and she's carrying a baby. Your baby. You're happy to look after it, just for an hour or two. But then she doesn't come back - and your future suddenly looks very different. Malorie's dramatic new novel will take you on a journey from tears to laughter and back again.

MALORIE BLACKMAN has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children's Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children's books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature. She has been described by The Times as 'a national treasure'. Malorie Blackman was the Children's Laureate 2013-15.

An extraordinary book, and truly is Malorie Blackman at her best * Guardian * Blackman's emotional intelligence is such that Boys Don't Cry should be read aloud in every secondary school * The Times * Her writing at its best, creating characters and a story which, once read, will not easily go away * Independent * Blackman grapples with contemporary issues without ever letting them overwhelm the story and characterisation. A winner * Financial Times * This is an adroit investigation of family relations, very clearly portrayed * Daily Telegraph *