Dangerous Games by James Butler
Kevin's older brother, Adam, is a bad lot. Adam and his mates burn out a car they've stolen, trash the local community centre, and to cap it all, Kevin discovers a gun under the floorboards in his room. And then there's Uncle Davey, even more of a bad lot than Adam, who's just out of prison and already back to his old habits. Kevin makes friends with Conor, who lives in a swanky house with his mother, a bank manager. When Kevin discovers that Adam and Uncle Davey are planning a tiger kidnapping, and that the victims are going to be Conor and his mother, he comes up with an ingenious plan to foil the plot, rescue his friend and dispatch no-good Uncle Davey for good. A tightly plotted and absorbing realistic novel with a serious-minded and likeable teenage protagonist, who gets himself caught in a web of crime and deception - and, both cleverly and bravely, solves one problem after another to come out triumphant at the end.
`An honest story of the lives of young men in a fragmented societyI loved it’ – Senator Lynn Ruane; `A gripping and authentic story of boys’ lives in a troubled city’ – Brian Conaghan
James Butler's background is in education and drama, and holds an MPhil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. For many years he taught in a school in Tallaght, setting up a theatre group who went on to write plays performed in the Civic Theatre. In 2005 his first play for children - Stuck in the Mud - was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award. In 2011 his play for teenagers, The Teen Commandments, was included in the Trinity College London Anthology of Award Winning Plays. In 2016 his radio play, The Carpet Clown, was produced by R.T.E. Drama On One as part of The PJ O'Connor Awards. His latest play - Scattered - explores the transition made by children from primary school to secondary, and was performed in Clonmel in 2018.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910411919 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910411914 |
| Title | Dangerous Games |
| Author | James Butler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little Island |
| Year published | 2019-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Great Reads Award 2020 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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