![]() Dante takes longer, having to accept the loss of a girlfriend and peer group as well as his disappointment at giving up hopes of becoming a crusading journalist after graduation. So university plans have to be shelved, despite his four starred "A" passes, while Dante gets down to being a single father a few weeks short of his 18th birthday.Īs in Silas Marner and practically every other novel involving the unexpected and initially unwelcome arrival of a new baby, one-year-old Emma gradually wins through, first with her grandfather and then with Adam, the younger brother. Pages: 320 (hardback) In this latest novel from Malorie Blackman, she tackles new terrain in the shape of teenage parenthood. His long-dead mother can't help, and a conscientious but strict father offers no easy get-out. ![]() He is holding a baby daughter he had previously known nothing about, who has suddenly been dumped on him. And I hated it." So says schoolboy Dante, the main character in this troubling teenage novel. ![]() ![]() Its hair was soft and silky under my chin. ![]()
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