Author:Susan Hill
On a deserted beach battered by rain, a group of boys plot a wicked deed. 'We'll shoot the crucifix,' Deano declares, but it is Mick who will carry out the act of vengeance and bear the consequences, for it was Mick's brother Charlie who suffered a horrible accident , leading to his death, whilst in the care of the priests at their school.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read.
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