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Luke Palmer Press Reviews

Praise for Play:

‘What an astonishing book. It’s profound, poetic, funny, heartbreaking and above all, real – every line, from the lyrical to the punchy, and every character rings with truth. Luke Palmer is up there with Melvyn Burgess, Patrick Ness and Anthony McGowan at showing us the joys, complications and fears of being a boy.’ Jo Nadin

‘Boys will be boys but will strive to become so much more in Luke Palmer’s wonderfully astute and truthful story. It’s the best book of young male friendship I’ve read in years. Gut-wrenching and glorious.’ Keith Gray

‘With a backdrop of toxic parents and the loss of innocence, Play shows how terrifyingly easy it is to fall from the tracks. I wanted to reach into the book and save these boys, but could only sit back and watch the horror unfold’ Lisa Heathfield

Praise for Grow:

‘As Melvin Burgess’s Junk was to the dangers of drugs, this cautionary young adult novel is to the threat of radicalisation.’ Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times, Children’s Book of the Week

‘This unsettling yet compelling debut deserves a place on many bookshelves.’ Claire Hennessy, The Irish Times