The Edge: You’ll engage even your most reluctant readers in this gripping story about domestic violence. (Collins Readers)

by Alan Gibbons (Author)

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  2004

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  Danny is a boy on the edge, teetering on the brink of no return, living in fear. Cathy is his mother; she has been broken by fear. Chris is fear - and they belong to him. When Danny and Cathy break free of their fear and escape to start a new life, instead of freedom they find danger.

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  'We've got to go. Now.' It's early morning and Danny's mother is at his bedside, urging him to get up. They're on the run ' from Chris, his mother's boyfriend, a violent man who beats them both up, and won't let them go. Chris pursues Danny and his mother from London to the north, where they take refuge with Danny's grandparents. But even there, nothing is safe. Danny is conspicuous as the only mixed-race boy in their small community, and with the ever-present threat of discovery, he has to learn how to live continually on the edge. A tense and chilling story to which the chase gives terrific drama, THE EDGE shows the depth of character, and the understanding of the predicaments of children today, that gives Alan Gibbons his special quality.

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  'We've got to go. Now.' It's early morning and Danny's mother is at his bedside, urging him to get up. They're on the run ' from Chris, his mother's boyfriend, a violent man who beats them both up, and won't let them go. Chris pursues Danny and his mother from London to the north, where they take refuge with Danny's grandparents. But even there, nothing is safe. Danny is conspicuous as the only mixed-race boy in their small community, and with the ever-present threat of discovery, he has to learn how to live continually on the edge. A tense and chilling story to which the chase gives terrific drama, THE EDGE shows the depth of character, and the understanding of the predicaments of children today, that gives Alan Gibbons his special quality.