"Real life straight out of Crongton"
One of our 2018 Books of the Year | Interest Age YA Reading Age 8
Alex Wheatle serves up an invigorating slice of teen life starring three kids growing up on his fictional Crongton estate. Briggy and Terror have been best friends for years but Terror’s romance with the gorgeous, super-cool Caldonia threatens to push them apart. So when Terror comes up with a ‘cadazy’ plan to rob the Crongton post office, for the sake of their friendship Briggy has no choice but to go along with it. As the boys plan their heist, normal life goes on, with tension at home making Briggy’s get-rich-quick dreams even more powerful. Sharp, funny, moving and written in rat-a-tat sentences that turn teen speak into a kind of poetry. Brilliant.
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Life on the Crongton estate can be rough for Briggy. Dad's lost his job, Mum's working so hard to make ends meet, and big brother Kingsley just wants out. With all of the shouting and arguing it's difficult not to get lost in the mix. So when his best mate Terror and coolest chick in the year Caldonia, cook up a plan to make a quick buck, Briggy hopes this time it might be his chance to shine. Robbing the Post Office ... what could go wrong? A brilliantly real and funny novella of life on one of London's toughest (fictional) estates.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Kerb-Stain Boys The Crongton Broadway Robbery and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Kerb-Stain Boys The Crongton Broadway Robbery features in the following genres: Dyslexia Friendly Books for Teens, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Gritty Reads, Featured Books for Young Adults
Kerb-Stain Boys The Crongton Broadway Robbery is available in Paperback
Kerb-Stain Boys The Crongton Broadway Robbery was written by Alex Wheatle and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Kerb-Stain Boys The Crongton Broadway Robbery has 145 pages
£7.19
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