Goodnight Mister Tom - Michelle Magorian
Read it for the first time when I was 12.Still think about it, still talk about it, still highly recommend it.
A child called “it” - Dave Pelzer
It is almost impossible to grasp that this horrific story is based on Dave’s own childhood.
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family.
You Will Be Safe Here - Damien Barr
Willem, 16, is an outsider. Hoping he will become the man she wants him to be, his Ma and her boyfriend send Willem away to a Training Camp where they are proud to 'make men out of boys'. They promise Willem he will be safe there. What they do not tell thew is about the systematic abuse the boys in camp has to endure…