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Kiss
Publisher: Corgi Children's
One of Wilson's novels for older readers, Kiss considers the problems surrounding the difficulties encountered when childhood friendship develops into adolescent love.
Sylvie and Carl have grown up together and still share a childhood fantasy existence in Carl's garden shed.
Throughout their friendship, Sylvie's unthinking expectation has been that they will marry. However their moves to separate schools, and Carl's growing friendship with Paul, and Sylvie's with the extrovert Miranda, cause a rift.
Carl is driven to the edge by the homophobic bullying he encounters at school, and Sylvie is forced to re-evaluate the places of friendship and love in her life.
Wilson skilfully combines an approachable and involving teenage story with a debate about true friendship, sexual identity and growing up.
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What you thought...
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katie, 21 September 2015
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Kiss is a.....oh its so good I can't put into words!! Sylvie is my favorite character, she is so kind, funny and has a strong opinion. The book is just filled with mixed emotions, I love this book so much!!
Cherryblossom13, 23 July 2015
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the book is nice because it tell u about love and it is interesting it rely explain your feelings and how people get in love it others
keziah, 29 January 2015
love this book its the BEST EVER