When Ray sees a motorbike with its engine running and the key left in he can't resist going for a joy ride - he can't see that it could do anyone any harm. But Ray is wrong about that and by accident he kills an old woman. No one sees the accident, there is nothing to link Ray to the death, the only problem comes from Ray's conscience. Will he be able to ignore its promptings and enjoy being in the football team and falling in love for the first time, or will he go to the police? A tense and exciting book from the author of Buddy and Beaver Towers.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Archway Series, Plus, Puffin, Puffin Storybooks, Puffin Teenage Fiction .

There are 160 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2004 by Barn Owl Books, London .

Nigel Hinton was born and educated in London. Amongst other books, he has written the highly popular Buddy, the Beaver Towers series and The Finders, winner of the Children's Book Award.