The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books.

The writing is perfect, it paints the scenes so well without adding words that don’t need to be there. In it, lies the true tragedy, as misunderstandings and failed communication cause as much damage as the social forces do. I hear this book was an afterthought anyway and this series was originally going to be the first three books which is how I choose to view them having read this.

On the whole I'm glad I read it, and it wasn't a bad experience, more of a passive one as I relived previous times. The story is also quite a page turner with tension rising as Tobey becomes more and more enveloped in danger from all sides and it is unclear how he can ever prevail. I will add a warning - it is written on the back of the book 'Not suitable for younger readers', this book contains drug usage, violence and sex. She also fears that he escaped the blast given that the person killed with Jasmine is finally identified as someone she has never heard of and she blames herself for killing an innocent man. It is directly related to the prior books and is definitely worth a little extra effort to track down.

It did take me a long while to read as up until 3/4 of the way through, I wasn't really feeling the urge to read it, and it then ended up bottling into a very long time. This is a highly intelligent thriller with important things to say, and once again the distance between Blackman's imagined world and present-day inner city is beautifully judged. She was the original character and it would have been nice to find out how her life was turning out and if she was happy. This is an original, intelligent, perceptive and though-provoking series of books – and whilst squarely aimed at the Young Adult market, it clearly transcends the restrictive boundaries of that genre. so I would be careful as to what age you let read it, but none of it is just thrown in, it all has a purpose and is explained in the storyline and does make a difference, so I don't have a problem with it being there, just be warned for younger/immature readers.She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Most of this book is from Toby's persective as you see him stuggling to accept that he's still seen as lower class and has no money for the things he wants (like college) because of it.