Diego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighbourhood. That's why she gave him her car.
Diego's best friend, Lawson, needs a ride-because Lawson is dealing. As long as Diego's not carrying, not selling, it's cool. It's just weed.
But when Lawson starts carrying powder and pills and worse, their friendship is tested and their lives are threatened. As the lines between dealer and driver blur, everything Diego has worked for is jeopardised, and he faces a deadly reckoning with the choices he and his best friend have made.
Award-winning memoirist and poet Rex Ogle's searing first novel-in-verse is an unforgettable story of the power and price of loyalty.
| ISBN: | 9781324125518 |
| Publication date: | 18th September 2026 |
| Author: | Rex Ogle |
| Publisher: | Norton Young Readers an imprint of Norton Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE) PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Drugs and addiction |
Diego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighbourhood.
When We Ride features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Drugs and addiction
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When We Ride was written by Rex Ogle and published by Norton Young Readers an imprint of Norton Children's Books
When We Ride has 352 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.