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Boys Don't Cry
- Author
- Malorie Blackman
- Narrator
- Theo Solomon, Omari Douglas
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 16 September 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood.
You're waiting for the postman - he's bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist - a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it's your old girlfriend; and she's carrying a baby. Your baby.
You're happy to look after it, just for an hour or two. But then she doesn't come back - and your future suddenly looks very different.
Malorie's dramatic novel will take you on a journey from tears to laughter and back again.
© Malorie Blackman 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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An extraordinary book, and truly is Malorie Blackman at her best
Guardian
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Blackman's emotional intelligence is such that Boys Don't Cry should be read aloud in every secondary school
The Times
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Her writing at its best, creating characters and a story which, once read, will not easily go away
Independent
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Blackman grapples with contemporary issues without ever letting them overwhelm the story and characterisation. A winner
Financial Times
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This is an adroit investigation of family relations, very clearly portrayed
Daily Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- Malorie Blackman
- Narrator
- Theo Solomon, Omari Douglas
- Duration
- 8 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 September 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241561591
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Teenage pregnancy
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood.You're waiting for the postman - he's bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist - a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it's your old girlfriend; and she's carrying a baby. Your baby.You're happy to look after it, just for an hour or two. But then she doesn't come back - and your future suddenly looks very different.Malorie's dramatic novel will take you on a journey from tears to laughter and back again.© Malorie Blackman 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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