Fallout

About this book

You can’t trust a Pritchard – everyone knows that. And Marcus is proving to be no exception. 

He’s just been suspended from school for blowing up the science lab, but his family won’t care. His eldest brother is in youth detention while Dad and middle brother Gavin, who is a nasty bully, are planning their next robbery. Badness runs in the family. 

Marcus knows he’s no angel but sometimes he wishes he had a choice in what and how to be. And when new girl Emma, with her political badges and peace protests, seems to see something in him that others don’t, he wonders if there might be another path for him. 

But then there’s a horrible incident that puts a man in hospital. And Marcus gets the blame. Is Emma’s faith in Marcus justified? And if so, can they work together to clear his name? 

This compelling coming-of-age drama, set in summer 1980, asks difficult questions about loyalty, expectation and personal responsibility. If people think you are bad news, what do you have to do to prove them wrong? And if they think you’re bad news regardless of what you do, what’s the point in trying to be better?  

Gripping and thought-provoking.