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Lädt ... Grassvon Catherine MacPhail
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A tense and gripping read that really made me think. Interesting to read it as an adult, I think I may well have seen some if it differently if I was reading it as a teen - there's lots of potential here for discussions. So interesting to see the way Armour manipulated Leo, a pretty stark reality of how things must be happening as young teens are drawn into the criminal underworld. Loved the relationship between Leo and his little brother David. ( ) A tense and gripping read that really made me think. Interesting to read it as an adult, I think I may well have seen some if it differently if I was reading it as a teen - there's lots of potential here for discussions. So interesting to see the way Armour manipulated Leo, a pretty stark reality of how things must be happening as young teens are drawn into the criminal underworld. Loved the relationship between Leo and his little brother David. Leo is in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnesses something terrible; the murder of one of the local crime bosses by another. Suddenly, his world is thrown into turmoil, as he knows that if he tells anyone, his life and their life will be in danger. So Leo makes a choice; not to "grass" (dob in) the crime boss Armour and he finds himself starting to fall under the Man's spell as he believes everything the murderer says because he tells Leo he "trusts" him, and that he only killed Macrae because he wanted to rid the area of crime and that he is planning to "go straight". Leo's secrets eat into him and destroy his friendship with his best mate Sean, ruin his budding relationship with the beautiful Veronika and worse, cause his father to mistrust and loathe him. A powerful story about making choices and doing the "right" thing, about fear and protecting your family and friends. p.81-82 Leo runs into Armour in the street after the killing. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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It would have been hard to have missed what was written on the wall. Painted in giant whitewashed letters- 'SHARKEY IS A GRASS'. I hadn't a clue who Sharkey was, but I knew one thing. 'Sharkey's a dead man,' I said. Leo knows the value of never grassing and that you never grass on your friends. Everybody, too, knows the gang leaders in town. And you don't grass on them. Not unless you don't value your life - like Sharkey. And then Leo is unlucky enough to witness the murder of one gang leader by another, a man called Armour. Leo is petrified as he realises what he is witnessing and even more petrified when he realises that Armour has seen him. Sure that he is drawing his own last breath, Leo silently says goodbye to his family and everybody he knows. But all Armour does is wink at Leo, very slowly, and leave the scene of the crime. Leo will live to regret that wink and realise that Armour has an insidious hold on him and his family,which will test his family relationships, and his very sense of what is right and wrong. It will take bravery, luck and sheer daring to extricate himself from Armour's deadly web. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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