How To Be a Boy

How To Be a Boy

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Synopsis

Ten edgy stories from the streets of Britain and the US, inspired by the pressures of being a twenty-first century boy. Teenage boys are trouble. It's in the news, on the front page - everywhere you look they're doing drugs, messing with knives, terrorizing communities. But what if it's become a self-fulfilling prophecy? What if you're 13, an OK kid in a bad life? What if you're more urban poet than ganster rapper? What if deep-down you want to make your mum proud, but you've got to live up to your rep, be a bro, beat or be beaten? Gangs. Hoodies. Young offenders. How do you be a boy in a world that's already got you tagged?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Publisher: Walker
Published: 02 Jun 2011

ISBN 10: 1406321311
ISBN 13: 9781406321319
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Author Bio
Tony Bradman has been involved with children's books for over 30 years as a writer for all ages, a reviewer, and an editor of anthologies. He has edited over 30 anthologies of poems and short stories, among them Skin Deep, a collection about racism, Give Me Shelter, a collection about asylum seekers, and Under the Weather, a collection about climate change. Tony's own books include the highly successful Dilly the Dinosaur series, the Happy Ever After sequels to famous fairy tales, and picture books such as Daddy's Lullaby and Through My Window. Tony has also been the lead author for Project X, OUP's highly successful new reading scheme.