Last Lesson
James Goodhand
Last year, Ollie Morcombe was a star pupil, popular and a gifted musician.
Then, after the accident, everything changed. Now he's an outcast, a prime target of the school bullies who have made his life a living hell.
Today - the last day of the school year - he's brought those bullies a gift. A homemade pipe bomb.
What has driven a model student to plan an unspeakable revenge? And with the clock ticking down to home time, what can anybody do to stop him?
Then, after the accident, everything changed. Now he's an outcast, a prime target of the school bullies who have made his life a living hell.
Today - the last day of the school year - he's brought those bullies a gift. A homemade pipe bomb.
What has driven a model student to plan an unspeakable revenge? And with the clock ticking down to home time, what can anybody do to stop him?
GENRE
Drama; YA
UK PUBLICATION
May 2020
Drama; YA
UK PUBLICATION
May 2020
Praise
Chosen as the August 2020 book for the Clare Mackintosh Book Club
"Devastatingly good. So gripping, so important."
Clare Mackintosh
"A powerfully charged study in empathy."
Financial Times
"Goodhand has masterfully created a complex character... Last Lesson is a searing exploration of toxic masculinity and the damaging effects of mental illness that keeps you on your toes throughout."
A Short Book Lover blog
"Utterly brilliant... Goodhand’s words are indelible, urgent, original."
Amazon review
"Devastatingly good. So gripping, so important."
Clare Mackintosh
"A powerfully charged study in empathy."
Financial Times
"Goodhand has masterfully created a complex character... Last Lesson is a searing exploration of toxic masculinity and the damaging effects of mental illness that keeps you on your toes throughout."
A Short Book Lover blog
"Utterly brilliant... Goodhand’s words are indelible, urgent, original."
Amazon review
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