Street Song
Published on 20. April 2017
183 pages
978-1-78530-116-2 (ISBN)
Description
Ryan's career is over. After winning a TV talent show and becoming a teen sensation, his fame has spiralled into addiction, embarrassing headlines and career suicide. Now his image-obsessed stepdad wants him at home, back in school and under his thumb.
However, a chance meeting with the enigmatic Toni offers him a fresh start in a new city. Before long he has reinvented himself, made real friends and is playing real music in Toni's band. Despite living in a hostel, busking for his wages and living under a false identity, Ryan is finally happy.
But struggling to exist on the brink of homelessness, he is exposed to a more sinister world. Forced to truly decide what kind of person he wants to be, Ryan begins to realise that starting over comes at a price.
'This story rings with truth - a book to fall in love with'
Keren David
'I couldn't put this book down'
Cat Clarke
'Played on my heartstrings. Rich and moving - a must-read'
L.A. Weatherly
However, a chance meeting with the enigmatic Toni offers him a fresh start in a new city. Before long he has reinvented himself, made real friends and is playing real music in Toni's band. Despite living in a hostel, busking for his wages and living under a false identity, Ryan is finally happy.
But struggling to exist on the brink of homelessness, he is exposed to a more sinister world. Forced to truly decide what kind of person he wants to be, Ryan begins to realise that starting over comes at a price.
'This story rings with truth - a book to fall in love with'
Keren David
'I couldn't put this book down'
Cat Clarke
'Played on my heartstrings. Rich and moving - a must-read'
L.A. Weatherly
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Sheena Wilkinson is one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers of contemporary fiction for young people. She has won four Children's Book Ireland awards for her work; a White Raven Award from the International Youth Library; an IBBY Honour Listing; and has been shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland Awards twice. Sheena tutors for Arvon, she set-up and runs the Belfast Inter-Schools Creative Writing Network, and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queens University, Belfast.
Content
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- Acknowledgements
