Dumb Chocolate Eyes
By Kevin Brooks
A plan to trap rats spirals into chaos, testing a fragile friendship.
In a quiet village, two boys share a friendship of convenience. When Cassidy decides to trap rats in his garden, their mundane lives take a dark turn. As the plan unravels, their bond is tested, revealing the destructive nature of boredom and loyalty. What happens when a simple idea spirals out of control?
A gritty teen drama. Cassidy has always been a strange friend, one you wouldn’t ever want to get on the wrong side of, but the day he decides to trap rats will change everything… Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+A brutally honest and effective story about adolescent boredom and destructive friendships, from Carnegie medalist Kevin Brooks. It was one of those childhood friendships of convenience - two lads in the same village who go to the same school. But then Cassidy gets it into his head that they should set traps for the rats in his garden, and things start to go very, very wrong. A gritty teen drama. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 68
- Reading age
- 13–17
- Audience
- Young Adult
Book details
- Published
- May 7, 2015
- First published
- May 15, 2015
- Publisher
- Barrington Stoke
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
- ISBN
- 9781781124512
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