This Is What I Did

This Is What I Did

by Ann Dee Ellis (Author)

Synopsis

A boy is racked by guilt. His family have moved house and school to help him come to terms with a violent event at his best friend's house, to no avail. Little do they realise just how much he knows about this unspoken tragedy - and how well-placed he was to prevent it. Keeping dark secrets buried deep down is always a mistake - and when it causes you to become vulnerable to all the petty thuggery of the playground, more tragedy seems inevitable. Told in the eleven-year-old boy's own idiom, by carefully constructed flashback, this startlingly moving cliffhanger explores every range of bullying, and every response: the ambitious dad, the copy-cat son, the mob rule of the classroom, and the benign blindness of a hapless family. It all boils down to one question: just how guilty are you, when you knew but did not say?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 166
Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 05 Jul 2007

ISBN 10: 1842706772
ISBN 13: 9781842706770
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: A powerful debut novel told in compelling and spare prose that captivates all who read it.

Media Reviews
Fine, spare, page-turning writing with superb dialogue. Strongly recommended. -- Niall MacMonagle * Irish Times *
This haunting first novel will grip readers right from the start. * Publishers Weekly *
Frank and dramatic * School Librarian *
Author Bio
Ann Dee Ellis grew up in a large family in Utah, USA. She lived for a time in Hong Kong, as missionary and English teacher. She now lives in Utah with her husband and plants. She says she likes to go to Hawaii and sunburn on the beach. This is What I Did is her first published book.