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10th April 2014

Price: £7.99

CILIP Carnegie Medal, 2015

Selected:  ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780621777

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Eve’s older sister, Rosie, was bright and alive and always loved being the centre of attention. Then one day, she is brutally murdered. Six months later, Eve meets Antony and discovers that he was there the night Rosie died and did nothing to help. Is there any way she can ever get past that?

Inspired by the tragic murder of Sophie Lancaster, which saw Sophie and her partner Rob viciously attacked in Stubbylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire because of the way they dressed, this is a hard-hitting real-life thriller about friendship, courage, loss, forgiveness and about our society and communities.

Reviews

Books and Writers JNR
A very tense, riveting and compelling read.
THE GUARDIAN
Very few authors would have the expertise to so beautifully capture such difficult emotions without making the novel an explicit one.
Snuggling on the Sofa
Realistic down to the bone, this gritty novel will stay with you for a good while
The Sun
Some books can change the world for the better -- this is one of them. All young people should be advised to read it.
Hack Writers
Alan Gibbons understands school life very well and all the seething tensions that affect everyone in it.
THE BOOK BAG
It only becomes more so when you know it's based on the real-life tragic murder of Sophie Lancaster, and Gibbons doesn't pull any punches.
Book Angel Booktopia
Alan Gibbons should be praised for not holding back.
Read A Raptor
Hate needs to be read.
The Bookseller, The Bookseller
This is one of Gibbon's best...a hard-hitting, deeply moving thriller about contemporary society
School Librarian
A gritty, hard-hitting novel about tolerance and forgiveness ... an emotional, powerful read