Get involved in this moving friendship between two young teenagers that grows stronger through time despite deep misunderstandings and wild misadventures. The common ground the young men share is the fight for freedom from prejudice and oppression. This is a serious and liberating read about finding the solidarity to stand up to the bullies of this world.
Stan kept his face as calm and blank as possible and carried on driving, trying not to dwell on how conspicuous his poky Citroen was amongst this company. It felt like he was encroaching on forbidden land, stepping into a world in which he had no right to be … but then hadn’t he always said – hadn’t he always been determined never to let anyone make him feel that way, as if he had no right to go and be wherever he pleased? Hadn’t Charlie taught him that? Never let them tell you where you do and don’t belong, he’d always said.
