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Before I Knew Him - Couverture souple

Ralph, Anna

 
9780091795580: Before I Knew Him
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0091795583 ISBN 13 : 9780091795580
Editeur : Hutchinson, 2008

Synopsis

In the hottest summer for years, the long school holidays stretch out before fourteen-year-old Leo. But he doesn't see much to look forward to. Leo doesn't fit in. But nothing ever happens to Leo; he never has a story. Then he meets David. Moody, resentful and tough, David is everything Leo is not and an unlikely friendship soon grows between them. Events that summer take a dangerous and disturbing turn, and the results are devastating for both boys and their friendship. In the aftermath, traumatized, they pledge to keep their shared secret, never to meet again, and above all -- to forget. But when the terrible truth re-emerges ten years later and forces David and Leo back together, everything and nothing has changed. "From the Hardcover edition."

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Quatrième de couverture

Bright, sociable, and on the verge of moving in with his beautiful girlfriend, Kathryn, Leo Fisch has a brilliant future ahead of him; outwardly at least, he seems happy. That is, until a sinister discovery is made in a forest near Leo's home town, and a figure from childhood re-enters his life.

David Cauldwell is tough and aggressive; the very opposite of the company Leo now keeps. Unlikely friends, they are bound by a shared summer - and a shared secret - they had promised to forget.

As past and present begin to close in, the comfortable life Leo has created for himself starts to unravel. Their terrible truth begins to emerge and Leo must confront not only the awkward, fragile boy he once was, but the events of that summer which threaten to destroy them both...

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the hottest summer for years, the long school holidays stretch out before fourteen-year-old Leo. But he doesn’t see much to look forward to. Leo doesn’t fit in. But nothing ever happens to Leo; he never has a story. Then he meets David. Moody, resentful and tough, David is everything Leo is not and an unlikely friendship soon grows between them.

Events that summer take a dangerous and disturbing turn, and the results are devastating for both boys and their friendship. In the aftermath, traumatized, they pledge to keep their shared secret, never to meet again, and above all — to forget. But when the terrible truth re-emerges ten years later and forces David and Leo back together, everything and nothing has changed.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Éditeur
Hutchinson
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0091795583
ISBN 13 
9780091795580
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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