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Being Billy

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"Faces flashed before my eyes. And for every face there was a time that they had let me down. Each punch that landed was revenge, my chance to tell them I hadn't forgotten what they did."Eight years in a care home makes Billy Finn a professional lifer. And Billy's angry - with the system, the social workers, and the mother that gave him away. As far as Billy's concerned, he's on his own. His little brother and sister keep him going, though they can't keep him out of trouble. But he isn't being difficult on purpose. Billy's just being Billy. He can't be anything else. Can he?'Phil Earle writes starkly but sensitively about damaged children in this brilliant page-turning novel.

It moved me to tears' - Jacqueline Wilson'Being Billy was a total page-turner - authentic and gritty.

Billy's voice doesn't falter . . . spiky, brave and compassionate' - Jenny Downham, author of Before I Die'Moving and powerful, I loved it' - Sophie McKenziePhil Earle was born, raised and schooled in Hull.

His first job was as a care worker in a children's home, an experience that influenced the ideas behind Being Billy.

He then trained as a drama therapist and worked in a therapeutic community in south London, caring for traumatized and abused adolescents. After a couple of years in the care sector, Phil chose the more sedate lifestyle of a bookseller, and now works in children's publishing.

Phil lives in south-east London with his wife and children, but Hull will always be home.

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Penguin Books Ltd
0141331356 / 9780141331355
Paperback / softback
823.92
06/01/2011
United Kingdom
English
263 p.
20 cm
Quiz No: 221042, Points 10.00, Book Level 5.20,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More