Orangeboy: Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children, winner of the YA Book Prize

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Marlon goes on a date with the hottest girl in school and his world begins to tip. And it doesn't stop until everything in his life is upside down. At the start of this book, I thought that Marlon was great. He really had his head screwed on right, he was a smart kid, a kid I could believe in... But by the end? Not so much. (This is a good thing). This novel fell flat. It began with such urgency - throwing me straight into a great mystery-esque set up that I couldn't wait to follow. But then Patrice Lawrence did the unforgivable and just threw the mystery out the window. I'm frustrated.

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Sixteen year old Marlon has made his Mum a promise – he’ll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. But when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. Now he must become the person he never wanted to be to protect everyone he loves. In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. [17] Selected bibliography [ edit ] The Orange Boy appears to be some type of crustacean with big flaps for limbs. As the name suggests, the Orange Boy's shell is a bright orange color with yellow beige skin underneath.Patrice Lawrence was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2021. But when a mysterious tragedy strikes, Marlon is determined to reveal the chain that links him to the criminal underworld. He starts getting the wrong sort of attention, as investigations tangle him into a web of gangs. I was gripped by Orangeboy from start to finish, and spent much of the latter stages of the book trying to work out how the hell Marlon was going to come out of the story in one piece. His journey is both uncomfortable and uplifting, as he struggles against what seem to be insurmountable odds. Marlon promised his mother that he would have nothing to do with drugs, but when he falls under Sonya’s spell, keeping that promise suddenly becomes a lot more difficult. Laat ik beginnen met aangeven dat dit boek me al vanaf het begin niet bijzonder aansprak. Ik zou dit boek zelf nooit gekocht hebben in de boekwinkel. Dat komt met name omdat ik YA contemporaries in veel gevallen tegen vind vallen. Maar dat komt ook omdat ik merk dat de bendecultuur echt heel goed en invoelbaar geschreven moet zijn om voor mij herkenbaar te worden. Ik heb, en wellicht is dat een tekortkoming, moeite me daarmee te verbinden.

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PHILANTHROPY CENTER Create a vibrant donor community with Philanthropy Center, the onlyfundraising software developedexclusively for public libraries with input from library professionals. What a book! Such a gripping, gritty storyline, with such wonderful, believable characters. Loved it.” Tanya Landman, author of Buffalo Soldier Haar oudste zoon zat in het bende-milieu tot hij bij een auto-ongeluk hersenbeschadiging opliep. Uit het boek blijkt dat ze heel wat met hem te stellen heeft gehad, maar ze heeft hem nooit laten vallen. Als Marlon dan ook verzeild raakt in een ongemakkelijke en gevaarlijke situatie, was het voor mij dan ook absoluut niet begrijpelijk waarom hij zijn moeder niet in vertrouwen neemt en eerlijk vertelt wat er gebeurd is. Fruits: Pomegrenade and Raptor Bane. (NOTE: The Mutated Pomegrenade and the Mutated Raptor Bane are also Pet Food type 3 but are deemed risky and unreliable as the Mutated Pomegrenade explodes on impact when dropped and the Mutated Raptor Bane splatters on impact when dropped) Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. Now the humans need his...An Interview with Costa Shortlisted Author Patrice Lawrence", Books For Keeps, No. 221, November 2016.

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Honestly I’d be quite happy do go and push this book at so many people with the above (and I’m still mad at myself for taking so long to read Orangeboy). Especially because I adore the two main female characters in this book so much, Tish and Marlon’s mother. At times I could have just shaken Marlon for not realising what these women were doing but that leads to spoilers and I most certainly don’t want to spoil anything about this book for anyone.The story follows, Marlon, a young man whose brother was involved in street gangs until an accident several years ago changed everything. Marlon promised his mum he'd stay in school and avoid his brother's old life, but when old feuds reemerge and his family and friends are threatened, it's not quite so easy to keep his promise. Meet Savannah®, the Customer Lifecycle Management Platform built exclusively for libraries, by libraries.