Description
The second novel and first quick-listen title from 'Sunday Times' and 'New York Times' best-selling author Cathy Glass.
'MY DAD'S A POLICEMAN' is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security, he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman.
Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends and discourage the school bullies from picking on him, Ryan tells his peers that his dad is a policeman. When the police actually turn up on Ryan's doorstep to take him away from his alcoholic mother and put him in care, his life crumbles.
It's not long before Ryan has run away, taking a long bus ride back across the city, desperate to get back to the inner-city life he knows. Keeping a low profile and sneaking into his best friend's house late at night for shelter, he soon discovers that he's not the only one who appears to stretching the truth about the happiness of his home life.
RUNNING TIME ➼ 2hrs. and 9mins.
©2015 Cathy Glass (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
'MY DAD'S A POLICEMAN' is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security, he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman.
Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends and discourage the school bullies from picking on him, Ryan tells his peers that his dad is a policeman. When the police actually turn up on Ryan's doorstep to take him away from his alcoholic mother and put him in care, his life crumbles.
It's not long before Ryan has run away, taking a long bus ride back across the city, desperate to get back to the inner-city life he knows. Keeping a low profile and sneaking into his best friend's house late at night for shelter, he soon discovers that he's not the only one who appears to stretching the truth about the happiness of his home life.
RUNNING TIME ➼ 2hrs. and 9mins.
©2015 Cathy Glass (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Book Details
Format
Audiobook
Language
English
Published
Jun 25, 2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Editions
6 editions