Marsha is a fourteen-year-old slag. She and her friend Faith regularly go out looking for a good time, which more often than not involves sex. Both from broken homes, they don't see anything wrong with the way they behave. Until Marsha meets Rich. Rich is different. Unsure, and from a loving family, he finds Marsha a bit too full on. But being with Rich is like being with a friend - one who listens to her and asks her opinion. Rich makes her feel that she's worth more than a quick shag in the park. But is it possible to change? Screwed examines the question of peer pressure, family and their influence on identity. It also takes a frank look at the all-too-common social problem of underage sex and its consequences.

 

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Faber & Faber .

Joanna Kenrick is the author of four children's books as well as teaching History and Drama part time. Joanna's first book for Faber, Red Tears, was published in 2007 to huge critical acclaim. She lives in Oxford.