Dead Straight Line

Two unlikely worlds collide as prize-winning Malcolm Duffy explores the life-changing repercussions of a single action in a game gone wrong. Sixteen-year-old Rory is a rule-breaker, a risk taker, a maverick. As a kick he comes up with a game called Dead Straight Line. The idea is simple - wherever you happen to be, you''ve got to get home in a dead straight line. Across the back gardens of stranger''s houses, locked parks, trespassing on private property - whatever it takes. One day, Rory pressures his friend Eliot into playing, resulting in a serious accident. Shunned by friends and facing pressure from his furious parents, Rory becomes even more angry and disruptive. When his school suggests helping out a care home, he''s unimpressed. But paired up with Tanker, an eighty-year-old Geordie military veteran, who fought in the Falklands War, things slowly begin to change. From seeking thrills to finding friends, choosing the right path in life is never a dead straight line. But there is always a way.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Geordie Malcolm Duffy now lives in Surrey. His debut, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and, alongside Sofa Surfer and Read Between the Lies, has won and been shortlisted for multiple regional awards. All four of his books have been Sunday Times Children's Books of the Week.
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Produktdetails

• Autoren: Malcolm Duffy
• Verlag: Head of Zeus
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 09.04.2026
• EAN: 9781035919277
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3591927-7
• Seiten: 320
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Boys & Men, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), School stories (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Disability