"Faces flashed before my eyes.And for every face there was a time that they had let me down.Each punch that landed was revenge, my chance to tell them I hadnt forgotten what they did."Eight years in a care home makes Billy Finn a professional lifer. And Billys angry with the system, the social workers, and the mother that gave him away.As far as Billys concerned, hes on his own. His little brother and sister keep him going, though they cant keep him out of trouble.But he isnt being difficult on purpose. Billys just being Billy. He cant be anything else.Can he?Phil Earle writes starkly but sensitively about damaged children in this brilliant pageturning novel. It moved me to tears Jacqueline WilsonBeing Billy was a total pageturner authentic and gritty. Billys voice doesnt falter . . . spiky, brave and compassionate Jenny Downham, author of Before I DieMoving and powerful, I loved it Sophie McKenziePhil Earle was born, raised and schooled in Hull. His first job was as a care worker in a childrens home, an experience that influenced the ideas behind Being Billy. He then trained as a drama therapist and worked in a therapeutic community in south London, caring for traumatized and abused adolescents.After a couple of years in the care sector, Phil chose the more sedate lifestyle of a bookseller, and now works in childrens publishing. Phil lives in southeast London with his wife and children, but Hull will always be home.

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: YFB; Weight: 320 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18

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