The Edge

by Alan Gibbons

Book Overview

Winner of the Angus Book Award, THE EDGE is crackly with tension. How will this mother and son escape their abuser and start a new life? We've got to go. Now. It's early morning and Danny's mother is at his bedside, urging him to get up. They're on the run from Chris, his mother's boyfriend, a violent man who beats them both up, and won't let them go. Chris pursues Danny and his mother from London to the north, where they take refuge with Danny's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842550942
• ISBN13: 9781842550946
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10