Todd Sweeney by David Pratt

Todd Sweeney by David Pratt

Every boy needs an ally who will kill for him. And no boy could have a better ally than Todd Sweeney. When Todd's best friend, Toby Ragg, is threatened by guidance counselor Ashford Squeers, Todd swings into action. But he swings just a bit too hard. Enter best pal Nellie Lovett, who has very creative ideas for making the mess disappear. But then Fleet High bad boy Ryan Plouf threatens Toby and Nellie. Suddenly, Ryan is missing, too, and local cop Tarron Littey is asking some very inconvenient questions. Meanwhile, Toby's parents threaten to put him in a gay conversion camp. Can Todd and Nellie save Toby before the cops discover just what happened to Fleet High's worst? To find out, dig in and devour Todd Sweeney. And yes, it's okay to use your hands.

For more than two decades, David Pratt has worked as a foreign correspondent and photojournalist specializing in the Middle East, Arab world, and Islamic world. He has worked for Reuters, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), and the BBC on conflict and foreign affairs. Pratt has reported on wars in the Middle East and Africa, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Congo, Sudan, and Somalia, and has twice been a finalist in the Amnesty International Media Awards for his human rights reporting. During a pause in combat around the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan in 1989, he had the dubious pleasure of having tea and a discussion with Osama bin Laden. The Sunday Herald's Foreign Editor is now David Pratt.