Awards

• Short-listed for Book Trust Teenage Prize (UK).

Overview

Dino's girlfriend won't give him what he wants. Jonathon is afraid of what his mates will think of the girl he likes. And Ben is having extra lessons from his sexy teacher. Three seventeen-year-old boys discover sex for the first time: but do they really know what they’re doing?

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"""The current king of this genre"" * The Times * ""Funny, honest and touching with engagingly mixed-up protagonists... realistic, but utterly uncynical"" * Observer * ""A genuinely moral work of fiction about a subject - the confusions, joys and terrors of adolescent male sexuality - rarely addressed with any such comprehension or sympathy"" * Evening Standard * ""Filth, which ever way you look at it"" * Anne Fine * ""Refreshingly realistic and unsentimental approach to sex"" * Time Out *"

The current king of this genre The Times Funny, honest and touching with engagingly mixed-up protagonists ... realistic, but utterly uncynical Observer A genuinely moral work of fiction about a subject - the confusions, joys and terrors of adolescent male sexuality - rarely addressed with any such comprehension or sympathy Evening Standard Filth, which ever way you look at it -- Anne Fine Refreshingly realistic and unsentimental approach to sex Time Out

The current king of this genre * The Times * Funny, honest and touching with engagingly mixed-up protagonists... realistic, but utterly uncynical * Observer * A genuinely moral work of fiction about a subject - the confusions, joys and terrors of adolescent male sexuality - rarely addressed with any such comprehension or sympathy * Evening Standard * Filth, which ever way you look at it * Anne Fine * Refreshingly realistic and unsentimental approach to sex * Time Out *

The current king of this genre The Times Funny, honest and touching with engagingly mixed-up protagonists... realistic, but utterly uncynical Observer A genuinely moral work of fiction about a subject - the confusions, joys and terrors of adolescent male sexuality - rarely addressed with any such comprehension or sympathy Evening Standard Filth, which ever way you look at it Anne Fine Refreshingly realistic and unsentimental approach to sex Time Out

Author Information

Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature.

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