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Sep 22, 2024 12:36 AM

Author:Andrew Smith

Stand-Off

Senior year is supposed to be easy, but for Ryan Dean West, there are no guarantees.

Ryan Dean finds himself as the rugby team's new captain and stand-off - the position once played by his lost friend, Joey. Plus, somehow he's inherited as his roommate Sam Abernathy, a twelve-year-old cooking whiz with extreme claustrophobia and a serious crush on Annie Altman, Ryan Dean's girlfriend.

And Ryan Dean has his own problems, too - he's haunted by things from his past that he can't escape, fear of losing Annie, and the fact that sometimes the uncontrollable force of friendship moves under its own power.

Reviews

If you want a comic book that will have you giggling from start to finish, this is it - and the feel-good factor lasts.

—— Parents in Touch

Suzuma's novel effectively demonstrates that real love, sometimes, will involve setting the loved one free

—— Irish Times

This is the kind of sequel that every excellent book deserves

—— Inis

Suzuma is a master storyteller, dealing with her characters in a very realistic and uncompromising way

—— Bookfest

A love story that tackles the reality of young adult depression in a thoughtful and sensitive way

—— Irish Independent

Suzuma's accomplished debut A Note of Madness, told the story of a gifted young pianist diagnosed with bipolar disorder and this sequence follows Flynn in his attempts to keep his life balanced between love, music and medicine

—— The Bookseller

Children will laugh and learn throughout Candyfloss, yet another fun book from the ever-popular Jacqueline Wilson

—— Preston Citizen

More emotionally charged and gripping writing from the award-winning Children's Laureate

—— Hull Daily Mail

Jacqueline Wilson captures exactly the intricate rituals of childhood

—— Daily Echo

Expect drama, crises, gripping plot and realistic narrative

—— Birmingham Post
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