Orangeboy: Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children, winner of the YA Book Prize

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Yet Lawrence’s tale is told with unfettered dialogue and broad-ranging cultural references for an older audience who don’t need to be spared the details. Patrice Lawrence was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, and was brought up in an Italian- Trinidadian family, [3] her mother having come to England from Trinidad to train as a psychiatric nurse.

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Honestly I’d be quite happy do go and push this book at so many people with the above (and I’m still mad at myself for taking so long to read Orangeboy).

Alex O'Connell, "CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK | Review: Indigo Donut by Patrice Lawrence", The Times, 22 July 2017.

Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency

Zijn moeder, maar ook zijn beste vriendin en de vriend van zijn moeder, geven miljoenen signalen dat ze hem willen helpen en geloven en naar hem willen luisteren. Set in and around the residential streets of a Hackney estate, Lawrence’s Orangeboy is a contemporary thriller that demands you race along in a screaming downward spiral when main character Marlon is forced to do terrible things to keep his family safe. The powerful opening chapter that follows Marlon on a date with the beautiful Sonya, girl of his dreams, will give you an electric shock with its unapologetic exploration of race, privilege, revenge and selfish manipulation.

Orangeboy opens with sixteen-year-old Marlon Sunday from Hackney having just taken his first ever quarter tab of Ecstasy. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he'll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. Review each prospect's profile and history with the library, segment prospects based on interest andpotential, and create customized campaigns to increase response rates. Sure enough, he quickly gets burned when he goes out for the evening with her to a fairground and Sonya hands him a packet of six Ecstasy pills.