![]() ![]() They're after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they're going to use Marlon to get to him. ![]() Her first book for young adults, Orangeboy, was shortlisted. It's easy when you keep yourself to yourself, listening to your dead dad's Earth, Wind and Fire albums and watching sci-fi. Patrice Lawrence was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian and Trinidadian household. So far, it's been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. Sixteen-year-old Marlon has promised his widowed mum that he'll be good, and nothing like his gang-leader brother Andre. Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he'll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. I was the kid people looked straight through. ![]() Tanya Landman, author of Buffalo Soldier Not cool enough, not clever enough, not street enough for anyone to notice me. Ben Bailey Smith (Doc Brown) What a book! Such a gripping, gritty storyline, with such wonderful, believable characters. Thank you Patrice Lawrence for such a fresh and riveting piece of fiction.
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