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15 Days Without A Head by Dave Cousins
Jan. 18th, 2013 11:39 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
How far would you go to keep your family together?
Meet LAURENCE, fifteen years old and six feet tall. Very soon, he’ll dress up as his mum and impersonate a dead man on the radio.
Meet JAY, his six year old brother. He looks like an angel but thinks he’s a dog. He’ll sink his teeth into anyone who gets in the way.
Today is Tuesday – and the next fifteen days will change the boys’ lives for ever …
No suitable for younger readers because Jay Roach says so (and he bites).
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Dave Cousins’s debut YA novel is a touching, well-written and funny story about a teenage boy who’s being torn apart by his mum’s alcoholism and his attempts to keep everything normal for his brother. All in all this is a solid novel that deals with a difficult subject in a sensitive way and it’s well worth checking out.
Meet LAURENCE, fifteen years old and six feet tall. Very soon, he’ll dress up as his mum and impersonate a dead man on the radio.
Meet JAY, his six year old brother. He looks like an angel but thinks he’s a dog. He’ll sink his teeth into anyone who gets in the way.
Today is Tuesday – and the next fifteen days will change the boys’ lives for ever …
No suitable for younger readers because Jay Roach says so (and he bites).
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Dave Cousins’s debut YA novel is a touching, well-written and funny story about a teenage boy who’s being torn apart by his mum’s alcoholism and his attempts to keep everything normal for his brother. All in all this is a solid novel that deals with a difficult subject in a sensitive way and it’s well worth checking out.
