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This being Kevin Brooks, we don't expect the ending to be entirely happy. But it isn't entirely without hope. I thought ''Naked'' was a wonderful book - it gets down and dirty with the dirtiest but finds time for moments of heart-stopping tenderness, and it paints a vivid picture of a time today's teenagers will see as ancient history but whose emotional landscape matches their own, timeless, preoccupations. As soon as I'd read the last page I turned back to the beginning and read it from start to finish all over again. Not many books make me do that.
I think you'd also like [[Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks|Black Rabbit Summer]], also by Brooks - a dark, tense, threatening crime novel that taps into the teenage psyche and skillfully combines adolescent sensibilities with a mystery plot. Or [[Sara's Face by Melvin Burgess]], which also taps into our obsession with fame and image. Older readers will love [[The Last Stage by Louise Voss]].
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