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[[Category:New Reviews|Dyslexia Friendly]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove --> <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Bradman1800901232|title=Secret of the Stones|rating=3|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary= Twelve year old Maglos has a fulfilling and happy life with his father, the High Priest of Stonehenge. However, everything changes when his Uncle Tigran murders Maglos's father at the mid-summer festival before turning to do the same to Maglos. As the axe is about to fall, two strangers intervene warning Tigran that the Gods will be angry if he spills the blood of a child. Tigran allows the strangers to take Maglos away as their slave. What Tigran doesn't realise is that these two men carry the secret of the stones – a secret that they pass onto Maglos and which he will ultimately use against his uncle.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781127549</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewStitched Up

|summary=The world of jousting is Twelve-year-old Hanh wanted to be a fierce one – survive the minor battles with the lance, either as a bonded employed Knight or as a Free Lance, and you might try your hands at the major leaguefashion designer. There Life in the men are strongerrural village where she lived with her family was happy, the horses fasterif not prosperous, and the ground hurts more so when you hit it. But the big time also offers more that can put a humble Knight at risk – such as evil hosts, beautiful princesssmartly-types in pickles, dressed man and mysteriously successful strangers. Our nameless hero and his loyal horse, Jed, are going woman came to the village to be up against offer Hahn a lot more than they expected here…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781127158</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Sita Brahmachari and Jane Ray|title=Worry Angels|rating=4|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Amy-May job in Hanoi it was devastated when her parents split up: she and her mother left the delightful seaside cottage where the waves had sung her an opportunity not to sleep and moved into a 'garden flat'be missed. That didn't mean that it had a garden, just that it Some money changed hands and Hanh was on the ground floormini-bus to Hanoi. They didn't have a lot of possessions as Only, Hanh and the bailiffs had taken most of them. Her father was living other girls were not going to work in another old cottage now and hopefully he'd be able to set up his kilna shop, but he wouldn't be able they were to home-school Amy-Maywork in virtual slavery in an illegal garment factory. You know those jeans you really wanted: the ones with intricate embroidery and beading on the legs? The alternative was Sandcastles Secondary School but ones with the rather nervous Amy was considered to be too ''anxious'' to start at the school full time. artfully-placed rips and distressed seams that felt so soft when you touched them? As a gentle introduction to schooling she went to GraceIt's art school insteadquite possible that Hanh and her co-workers made them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112695X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jeremy Strong and Jamie SmithMarcus Sedgwick|title=Nellie Choc-Ice, Penguin Explorer (Little Gems)Wrath

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyTeens|summary=Meet Nellie Choc-IceFitz, a young Scottish lad full of frustration at himself. Thus named by her grandparents (Lockdown is only just over, and he should be free to do what he wants, to go where he wants and grandparents have a habit with whom he wants, but he cannot stop himself from putting his foot in this book of making unusual names for their grandchildren, whichever species they belong it when he talks to)his best friend, she is Cassie. They were half of a pretty little Macaroni penguindesultory school band, complete with pink feet, bright yellow eyebrows and but Cassie was also one hundred per cent the enigmatic – saying she could hear a woolly hat subhuman hum coming from the earth. Is this connected with one of her eco-warrior parents saying the end of the worldis already a done deal? Is it some spooky new kind of music she's biggest pompom on the end. She has a habit dreaming of going exploring and finding ? Is she just bonkers? And can Fitz find out what's over the next ridge in the ice, and the nexttruth? Well, and the next. But not when disaster happens and the ice she is on is knocked off Antarctica by a submarine, even she Cassie has gone missing he can have no idea as to where she will end up…'t...|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781127212</amazonuk>1800900899

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Lisa PappLucy Strange and Pam Smy|title=Madeleine Finn and The Mermaid in the Library DogMillpond

|genre=For SharingConfident Readers|summary=Madeleine Finn doesn't like to read - not anythingThere is no mermaid in the millpond. It's not really her fault, you knowThat at least is what Bess is telling herself. Her teacher tries to encourage Neither will there be a friend for her, but some of in amongst all the other kids giggle when she makes mistakes, who have had their entire childhoods sold to the mill-owners by the London workhouse they used to call home. And they pull faces of the type which would have given me my head Bess knows there is no time for friendship in my hands to play with when I was a child. The words just don't seem hand-to come out right -mouth, every man for herhimself kind of existence. The other children are getting gold stars (I've ''never'' liked But despite herself Bess does find a bit of a kindred spirit in the slight little Dot, and despite everything that system) but all Madeleine gets is a heart sticker which tells life has taught her about betrayal and how befriending people only leads to keep trying. She's got plenty harm, there might be a glimmer of thosecompanionship in the tired-out mill workers. All week she tries her best but But surely that doesn't get mean there is any truth in the star she longs for.existence of the mermaid?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1910646326</amazonuk>180090049X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jenny OldfieldKeith Gray|title=Storm CloudThe Climbers

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyConfident Readers|summary=Kami Miller was invited to stay at Wolf Ridge Farm, Sully is the home of her best friend Macy Lucas, for tree climber in the summervillage. They were both going to be working He has what's known amongst the kids as real cowgirls and there was 'reach'. But what happens when a herd new kid shows up in town? A new kid, called Nottingham, who clambers up some of 300 cows the hardest trees with ease? Suddenly Sully is worried that his status is being threatened, and not only that, that his chance to name the final, unnamed big tree in the park by being the first to conquer it, might be brought back snatched from the mountains his hands. How can Sully stop Nottingham? And will it cost him his best friend, or maybe even all of his friends, to the ranchdo so?|isbn=1781129991}}{{Frontpage|author=Lisa Thompson|title=The Small Things|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Although Anna has friends at school, she feels like she never really fits in. It wasnHer family don't going have enough money to be easy worklet her do after school activities, particularly as Macy's father was recovering from an accident and couldn't rideso she feels like her life at home is boring in comparison to theirs. All When a new girl joins her class, Anna is asked to partner her, but things are complicated because the pressure of running the ranch has fallen on Macy's brothernew girl, Ellie, Wes - is unwell and heso can's not coping wellt attend school in person. Instead, she joins in with the class by using a robot. Kami's upset that he's taking it out on one Can Anna overcome the challenge of the young coltsmaking friends with someone through a robot, Storm Cloud, but what can and is she do about iteven interesting enough to be a good friend to Ellie?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781126895</amazonuk>1781129649

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Philippa Pearce Emma Carroll and Cate JamesKaja Kajfez|title=The Ghost in Annie's Room (Little Gems)Garden

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyConfident Readers|summary=Emma is on a family holiday in an older relativeFran, the gardener's seaside cottagedaughter at a posh country house, where she is to sleep in the room in the atticworried. Her brother has passed on what he says he has overheard – that it is hauntedShe's just cracked her garden fork through quite a grim discovery - a large bone, buried under the potatoes. But she's even more worried when she learns that that event coincided with Leo, the mementos older child of the person house, breaking his leg while playing cricket on the lawn. She is due to get even more worried when she finds something else that once lived there all also seems to foretell a surprise. Tasked with shoving Leo around the grounds in his bathchair, she might have reason to be out of hermind with fear, and with when she learns what he is seeking - a strange feeling of being watched, even with the stormy winds knocking tree limbs on to the window – Emma can sleep through it alllong-forgotten burial chamber. But surely thatwon's t act as a premonition to anything - not to say things will forever be that way…here in the sultry, summery days of 1914?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781126852</amazonuk>1781129002

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Cathy HopkinsAlex Wheatle|title=The Valentine's Day KittenHumiliations of Welton Blake|rating=42.5|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyConfident Readers|summary=Marcie is distraughtWe meet Welton Blake at the worst of times – only they should be the best of times. On ValentineHe should be getting a text from the most bae-worthy girl in school in regards to a cinema date, but his phone has packed up, he's Day chundered last year shenight'd didn't receive a single card s meal and her parents could see that she was upsethis breakfast over another girl in class, so when she came home from school there was a box on the kitchen table and who's duffed him up in it was the most gorgeous fluffy silver kitten. Misty response, and Marcie were soon inseparable until the day that Misty went out without a collar on wanna- and didn't come homebae seems to actually be with someone else anyway. Marcie blamed herself: MistyOn a bigger scale he's collar had broken living with his mother and she'd never got round to buying a new one. Mum not much income now that the dad has put notices up everywhere she can think of and rung left the local vets and animal rescue centrespicture – yes, but therethings are so bad they's no sign of Mistyre resorting to having cabbage for dinner. Then Marcie starts having dreamsI know, about right? But surely this is just a boyblip, a hotelday at school to forget, a painting - and Misty. everything (like his vomit) will all come out in the wash? Will there This can't be the start of a happy endingmost nightmarish time for young Welton?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178112678X</amazonuk>1781129495

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul Stewart and Chris Ridddell178112938X|title=Free Lance Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and the Lake of SkullsStefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=Our hero is a free lance – It's fifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, but the story of that journey remains one of the traditional self-employed men, going round the country, jousting when he can, doing fantastical errands when they come up, greatest survival stories of all with no fixed employertime. But the lack ''Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a brilliant retelling of fixed income hits home at timeswhat happened. And at those times, those fantastical errands, however nightmarish they can clearly be, get to be all the more appealing…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112714X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=1781129312|title=Jeremy Strong Sequin and Scoular AndersonStitch|titleauthor=The Ghost in the BathLaura Dockrill and Sara Ogilvie (illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=Luke has Sequin loved her mum to bits, but sometimes she got problems – and just about every school subject qualifies as one at the momentvery cross with her. But none of those are a bigger problem than history – he It wasn't that mum wouldn's been tasked t go outside their flat - Sequin coped with a researchthat -heavy project it was because she never pushed to get credit for homework, but has no ideawhat she did. So when he Mum is having a brainstorm in a bath seamstress and is interrupted by a ghost, she makes the sort of all things, it might just be the way for him to be connected with the pastclothes that you see on red carpets or at important weddings. But that She's ignoring not the fact that designer - they're the girl left as a ghost might be wanting people who make a connection lot of her own – money from the clothes. Mum is the person who actually ''makes'' the garments and perhaps an end to an unusual problem she herself has…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781127263</amazonuk>'s really talented, but when people talk about the dress or the suit, they talk about the designer. The seamstress is never mentioned.

{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=RookTanya Landman|authortitle=Anthony McGowanJane Eyre: a Retelling

|summary=When Nicky A young woman, fresh from living with horrid relatives who could care less about her, and his learning-disabled brother Kenny come across years in a rook being attacked by a sparrowhawkdreary school, they chase off moves into Thornfield Hall with only one intent – to have something like the raptor life she wants – and rescue the rookwith only one job, to tutor a young half-French girl, whose father is almost always absent.Kenny is convinced that a good dollop of love When he does turn up he seems to be dark, brooding and affection is all troubled – but that's needed nothing compared to keep the bird alive but Nicky is sceptical. And in any casedarker, Nicky has other things to worry about, like avoiding the bully at school more broody and finding a way to talk to even more troubling secret in the girl he likeshouse. In the previous two books in this sequence Yes, troubles were dogging Kenny and if you know Jane Eyre then you know the boys' father rest – but in if you don''Rook'' it's Nicky who could do with t, for whatever reason, this is a helping hand. Things are about wonderful book to turn to go wrong. Will Nicky find a way through?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781127239</amazonuk>1781129126

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alan Gibbons1781128952|title=The Beautiful GameStarlight Watchmaker|author=Lauren James

|summary=Football This is all about its coloursa dyslexia-friendly, science fiction novella for young adults. And even if I write in It tells the season when tale of Hugo, an unwanted and rather lonely android, who makes a living for himself mending time-travel watches. When one team in blue knocks another team in blue from the throne of English footballhis clients demands that his broken watch be mended, it's common knowledge that red Hugo realises there is a mystery to be solved and is the more successful colour only too ready to wearhelp. But is that flame red? Blood red? The red An exciting journey of discovery unfolds, which takes Hugo out of the Sun cover banner when it falsely declared 96 Liverpool FC fans were fatally caught up in his drab attic workroom and into a tragedy – and that it had been one of their own making? And while we're on about colourscary adventure with some amazing new friends, where were the people exploring regions of colour in football in the olden days? There are so many darker sides planet never before known to football's history it's enough to make a young lad question the whole game…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126917</amazonuk>exist.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bernard Ashley1781128693|title=Lena Lenik S.O.S.Special Delivery|author=Jonathan Meres

|summary=LenaHow do you explain to children about dementia? Injuries or illnesses are obvious, but when the problem is the brain which isn's mother seems very illt functioning quite as it used to it isn't as easy to grasp. Scary noises are coming from the bathroom, she's off food Frank was a normal nine-year-old and completely listless, complaining of the effort involved in sewing like many nine-year-olds what he wanted was a patch onto a cub scout uniformnew bike. It might be a surprise He'd had his for about seventy-eight years and he didn't want to raise the young reader of this book when we learn what the reason is – certainly it was obvious from page two for me – but there are definitely seat any more surprises to come. Mother makes a slightly unusual decision about her condition – leaving Lena with Mum pointed out that it wasn't his birthday or Christmas any time soon and bikes cost a lot of money, which didn't grow on trees. His sister Lottie had a solution: Frank could help her plate when fate sets in with her paper round. Frank agreed despite thinking that it would take him a thousand years to save up the money for a surprise of its own…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125716</amazonuk>bike AND he had to get up at six o'clock in the morning.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tanya Landman1781128707|title=Passing for WhiteThe Spectacular Revenge of Suzi Sims|author=Vivian French

|summary=In 1847, in Macon, Georgia, Benjamin Suzi Simms loved running and it was a slave. He was a talented carpenter too, but her ambition to win the 100 metres race on November sports day at the 19th he was unnerved: a white woman end of term - and that was looking at him, smiling and being politenext week. What was We're going on? He wasnto read about what happened in her diary, although there's a warning that we really shouldn't just unnervedbe reading it, but nervous: you see, Benjamin was looking at the white woman, looking particularly as it''her'' in the eye and a slave could get himself killed for less than thats about Barbie Meek. Only this wasnTo say that the two girls don't get on at all well is a white woman: this was Rosa, who was mixed racebit of an understatement. She could pass for whiteSuzi wouldn't actually do anything about it, but she too was Barbie is a slave. Rosa troublemaker and Benjamin eventually married, but it didn't stop Rosa's master from taking sexual advantage of her and when she found that she was pregnant she had no way of knowing who wants to win the father was100 metres race too - by fair means or foul.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112681X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1949471004|title=Dog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Pamela Brookes|rating=4|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=What do you do when your child has dyslexia and you need books which will help them to achieve the wonder that is reading? You can risk buying early readers, but the sounds in the book might not be the ones you've been working on and encountering words which are just too challenging can have more of a negative effect on the young dyslexic than a child without that problem. You need to be able to buy books at a reasonable price which concentrate on what you've been working on, without anything else being thrown into the mix. You need a story which engages the young mind and you need stages which progress steadily through the learning process without there being any large jumps. Some online support and games wouldn't go amiss, either. Reading - and ''learning'' to read - should be a pleasure. It should be ''fun''.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1781128510|title=The Harder They FallOne Shot|author=Bali RaiTanya Landman

|summary=Cal loves comic books''Pa and I understood each other. Our souls were cut from the same cloth.'' But Pa has since died, leaving Maggie very much alone in her family. He also dreams She was the only one of being a superhero three children who looked like him, and saving the day while simultaneously winning the heart none of the girl (Freya being others acted like him, and certainly, his wife didn't seem to fully understand him. Maggie might as well be reliving the girlCinderella story, hopefully). Batman is his favourite superherostuck with two siblings and mother that are fully against her. But Cal's world outside his daydreams is at least she can sneak out at night, and shoot some game to stop them from starving? Well, no, not particularly superhero-like. Because Cal where her mother is a bit concerned – the very idea of a geek and he is being bullied by mean girl Anufemale shooting things, who makes him complete homework assignments which she then sells on to lazy classmates. Stillwhen they could be preparing for a life of unhappy married drudgery, it's not all bad. Cal's parents are lovely and the gorgeous Freya is making friendly overtures..just scandalous.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126828</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris Priestley178112843X|title=Flesh and BloodLark|author=Anthony McGowan

|summary=Families change in wartime – in size, if not any other wayI'll warn you first. Bill  This is the fourth and Jane have already had to get used to their father being away last story about Nicky and Kenny. Try not to fight, ''and'' theycry before you've tried even read the evacuee experience, but are back in London – just in time first page. Things have got tense at home - again - for the Battle of Britain, which Nicky and his learning-disabled brother Kenny. Their mum is a circumstance Bill hates Jane for, as he quickly grew coming to love the countryside, while Jane resisted visit - the idea of mum who abandoned them settling there, so they were returned to an allegedly safe capitala long time ago. One night after a bombing raid they settle outside the neighbourhoodThey haven's token empty, boarded up and deserted home – only t seen her for Bill to convince himself he hears someone inside. The unidentifiable years and severely burnt child that gets rescued becomes the impending visit is stirring up a kind lot of new family member – but does this have anything to do with Billuncomfortable feelings. And Nicky's resent-filled wish for girlfriend has ended things. To take their minds off it all, Nicky and Kenny plan a brother day out, trekking across the moors. But it doesn't go to replace Jane?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126887</amazonuk>plan and an accident puts both boys - and their dog, Tina, in terrible danger.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Meg Rosoff1786697173|title=Good Dog McTavishMr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon|author=Sally Gardner

|genre=Confident ReadersDyslexia Friendly|summary=McTavish did wonder whether he was making Betsy K Glory lives a rather wonderful life on a mistake peaceful island where nothing horrible ever happens. Her father, Alonso, makes the most wonderful ice cream in adopting the Peachey family: it was every flavour you could imagine. Her mother, Myrtle, is a decision which came from mermaid and comes to visit regularly, although she still lives in the heart rather than the headsea. You see the Peacheys were dysfunctionalBetsy dreams of two things: Ma Peacheyfirstly, an accountant about the circus owned by profession, decided that she was fed up with chasing around after an ungrateful family, so she resigned a tiger and dedicated herself whether it would ever come to her yoga with half island and secondly, about a hint that she might also dedicate herself to her yoga teacher. She gave up cooking, cleaning, baking, washing and all magical ice cream made from the other things which kept berries of the family going, such as finding lost keys Gongalong bush. One scoop of this ice cream can make wishes come true. And then Mr Tiger and getting people out of bed so that they got to wherever they were going on timehis circus arrive. And the family? Well, they had no idea of how to cope, with one exceptiona journey is planned...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126836</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Philip Ardagh and Tom Morgan-Jones1781128286|title=Norman the Norman from Normandy (Little Gems)Run Wild|author=Gill Lewis

|summary=Meet NormanIzzy and Asha. Norman Bullied away from the Normanlocal attempt at a skatepark, from Normandy. Not Big Bad Norman they find a huge waste ground in the Norman from Normandyshadow of a derelict gasometer to practise on, which they duly do, and not Norma the Norman from Normandy – and not even Nora the Norman from, well it doesnthough they have to drag Izzy't say, but my guess is Normandys younger brother with them. Norman isn't very big at The following day they all – hewant to return, as does the brother's just a little boyschoolfriend, despite – and he's not bad. Or at least he doesn't think he of course because of – there isa huge wolf living in the site. But because his father, Big Bad Norman, is buried Can the children survive living in three parts (don't ask), and little baby Norman has inherited Big Bad Norman's big bad Norman swordthe urban wilderness, he's going to visit the three parts – but only good will happen… Rightalongside such obvious dangers?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126976</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Vivian French and Nigel BainesJennings Different|title= The Covers of My Book Are Too Far Apart (and other grumbles)A Different Dog|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing |summaryauthor=''I'm too old for bedtime stories'', ''That's a girl's book!'', '' I hate this book but I've got to finish it'', ''I can't find a book that I like.'' You've probably heard at least one of the grumbles in this book before but have you known how to respond to it? This brilliant picture book will do it for you Paul Jennings and is a joyful celebration of all that's wonderful about books and reading. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112602X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Phil Earle|title= SuperDad's Day OffGeoff Kelly|rating= 4.5

|summary= Stanley's dad Our hero is tired. It can be exhausting work being a Superheroboy, whose name we never learn. For six days We know what he wants in life – with his mother exceedingly poor, and even his bed burnt to keep the two of the week them warm, he saves wants the world from disasters prize offered by a down-a-mountain-and-back-up-and defeats -down-again foot race. Winning the baddies as Dynamo Dan. Stanley decides his poor dad needs a day off race and is determined to make sure the large purse would also give him more status in the eyes of those kids that bully him, and it might even give him a voice – for he gets a proper restis almost mute. So they head off We quickly learn he never talks back to anyone, whatever the park for some much needed Dad motivation, and Son bonding time. However people don't seem can only speak aloud to understand that even Superheroes need time himself – and, so it turns out, to recuperate. The requests for help keep a dog he rescues from a bad road accident he finds on coming so what can poor Stanley do other than step in his way up the hill to save the day. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126844</amazonuk>start line…

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Quentin BlakeDawson_Grave|title= The Story of the Dancing FrogGrave Matter|ratingauthor= 4.5|genre= Dyslexia Friendly |summary= When Jo's Great Aunt Gertrude's sea captain husband is drowned at sea she is grief-stricken and, in despair, she goes for a walk alone. During this walk she notices a small frog on a lily-pad. But he is no ordinary frog - he's a dancing frog and the two quickly become good friends. Soon the duo are touring the world with their routine, spreading joy and fun - Juno Dawson and carrying out the occasional rescue - wherever they go.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125910</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Robert Swindells|title=Knife EdgeAlex T Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=I'm just not interestedSince Eliza died, since the night of the car crash that took her life, Sam is a broken soul. I'm not interested in there ever being a knife in junior fictionHe is lost without the girl he loves, unless it comes with feeling as though a lessonpart of him died that night too. And I'm just not interested unless that lesson tells you one thing – that they're quickBut he is desperate and he cannot live without Eliza. Knives can He remembers his estranged Aunt Marie and her peculiar healing powers and wonders if she might be quick able to findhelp him. However, are quick finding his Aunt Marie leads him to whip out, and quick to get discover the bearer into troubleMilk Man, whether they actually meet flesh or not. which causes Sam is the student of that lesson here – in his school has grieving state to make a Citizenship campaign whereby the pupils do odd jobs for local elderly, and pact with forces he finds a perfect knife doesn't understand. Things soon turn complicated as supernatural powers start to change Sam's life in more ways than he thinks will defend him from the local gang – a gang whose leader he constantly rattled in primary schoolbargained for. As for the rest – I'll leave his personable first-person narrative to teach you…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126860</amazonuk>